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Re: So, did the BBC cross the line?
From: "David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:09:47 -0000
It's convoluted, the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) has a lot of ambiguous clauses which state "with intent", but, on the counter side if you do anything unauthorised on a computer system you are in breach (irrelevant of intent). So, my call, as a non-lawyer would be that they've broken the law and I'd like to see them investigated. Certainly if I did similar without authorisation I'd expect to be arrested for it.
Actually, the sticking point appears to be the unauthorised modification: unauthorised access seems clear, even if no-one ever goes to court over it. I'd say there is a possible on section 3 case, and that the guy from Pinsent Mason didn't understand the full technological implications. But IANAL blah blah blah either. -- David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP Small Blue-Green World _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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