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Laws only matter if you're not rich. (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

What was not authorized and was a terms of use violation was scripting the download. Namely the python script, keepgrabbing.py.

he didn't have the right nor a permission to access for establishing a separate machine on the network to download everything.

This is TOS, not copyright.

He had the ability to download. That is provided through the JSTOR site, which he had credentials for. There is a button that you click to download. Which gives him the right to access, download, and transfer those materials per the terms.

The issue JSTOR took was the means of access. The issue JSTOR had with him was the sheer magnitude because he scripted the download.

Everything else you typed out is based on your misunderstanding of what transpired.

I also never said "he did nothing wrong". I said that the AG abused the definition of the Computer Fraud and Abuse act (which legal scholars agree, which you can find as published materials with a name attached, where they got their degree, which bar they passed, and their specialty, so have at it), and that the AG was doing this for politics. Which she was gunning for governor at the time, and others in the office publicly noted.

So no, without distribution there would be no copyright violation. Only a terms of use violation, which is why the AG abused the CF&A, stretching it to the limits of its definition.

So, my statement remains the same. Ive already said everything that addresses things, now I'm just repeating myself.

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