Tonight's discussion, which is free and open to the public, is being organized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and TechFreedom at CNET's San Francisco headquarters. July 22, 2013 10:25 AM PDT Join us here at CNET's San Francisco offices tonight to talk about "Aaron's Law." (Credit: James Martin/CNET) You're invited to join us in downtown San Francisco this evening for a free public event on "Aaron's Law" and the the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. CNET is hosting tonight's event, which is being organized by San Francisco's Electronic Frontier Foundation and TechFreedom, a Washington D.C.-based think tank. This is how EFF describes the event, which will include drinks: Aaron Swartz's tragic suicide, following two years of aggressive federal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), brought attention to the need to reform this harsh statute. In June, Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Jim Sensenbrenner, along with Sen. Ron Wyden, introduced Aaron's Law, which helps address how the computer crime law has been misused to criminalize all sorts of innocuous behavior of ordinary Internet users and to go after security researchers and others working for the public good. You can join the conversation on Twitter on the #CFAA hashtag. The CFAA was, as we reported in March, never intended to apply to what Swartz was alleged to have done. It originally dealt only with bank and defense-related intrusions. But over the years, thanks to constant pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice, the scope of the law slowly crept outward. So by the time Swartz was arrested in 2011, the tough federal statute meant to protect our national defense secrets covered everything from Bradley Manning's offenses to violating a Web site's terms of use. Here's the info: CNET (CBS Interactive) 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Monday, July 22, 2013 Drinks served at 6:00 pm Panel 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Tonight's discussion, which is free and open to the public, is being organized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and TechFreedom at CNET's San Francisco headquarters.
Join us here at CNET's San Francisco offices tonight to talk about "Aaron's Law."
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
You're invited to join us in downtown San Francisco this evening for a free public event on "Aaron's Law" and the the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
CNET is hosting tonight's event, which is being organized by San Francisco's Electronic Frontier Foundation and TechFreedom, a Washington D.C.-based think tank.
This is how EFF describes the event, which will include drinks:
Aaron Swartz's tragic suicide, following two years of aggressive federal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), brought attention to the need to reform this harsh statute. In June, Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Jim Sensenbrenner, along with Sen. Ron Wyden, introduced Aaron's Law, which helps address how the computer crime law has been misused to criminalize all sorts of innocuous behavior of ordinary Internet users and to go after security researchers and others working for the public good. You can join the conversation on Twitter on the #CFAA hashtag.
The CFAA was, as we reported in March, never intended to apply to what Swartz was alleged to have done.
It originally dealt only with bank and defense-related intrusions. But over the years, thanks to constant pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice, the scope of the law slowly crept outward. So by the time Swartz was arrested in 2011, the tough federal statute meant to protect our national defense secrets covered everything from Bradley Manning's offenses to violating a Web site's terms of use.
Here's the info:
CNET (CBS Interactive)
235 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Monday, July 22, 2013
Drinks served at 6:00 pm
Panel 6:30pm - 7:30pm
