On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 14:35, Ray Saintonge<sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > Brian wrote: >> That is against the law. It violates Google's ToS. >> >> I'm mostly complaining that Google is being Very Evil. There is nothing we >> can do about it except complain to them. Which I don't know how to do - they >> apparently believe that the plain text versions of their books are akin to >> their intellectual property and are unwilling to give them away. >> >> > How is violating Google's ToS against the law?
The verdict in _United States v. Lori Drew_ appears to set a precedent that violating a site's Terms of Service is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It's not a very strong precedent, but it's still there. -- Mark [[en:User:Carnildo]] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
