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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act

The relevant part of the act would be: "Intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to obtain ... information from any protected computer". A "protected computer" is a computer "which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication", which fits Craisglist pretty well.

Violation of the clause I quoted is a criminal offense with potential jail time.



That clause could be construed in any number of ways. Anyone accessing a web page could be liable if they have not 'obtained authorization' from the site owner.


I think they tried to circumvent that using 3tap or whatever the site was that was scraping Google's cache.




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