Innovation or Exploitation? The Limits of Computer Trespass Law
Channel: Stanford Center for Internet & Society
Date: 2013-02-22

February 19, 2013 - Stanford University

Speakers:
Dan Auerbach, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Ed Felten, Princeton University 
Jennifer Granick, Stanford University
Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
Jonathan Mayer, Stanford University
Alex Stamos, Artemis Internet

Have you ever borrowed a smartphone without asking? Modified a URL? Scraped a website? Called an undocumented API? Congratulations: you might have violated federal law! A 1986 statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), provides both civil and criminal remedies for mere "unauthorized" access to a computer.

This event aimed to provide a geek perspective on the CFAA. Leading researchers, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs explained the broad reach of computer trespass law and their first-hand experience with its chilling effects. All agree that serious intrusions warrant a remedy. But how can the law better distinguish between innovation and exploitation?

More Info
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/innovation-or-exploitation

This event was co-hosted by CIS, CISAC, and CITP.