Monthly Archives: February 2011
Sex Crimes, Cell Phones and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
If anyone deserves a longer sentence, it is a sex offender who victimizes minors. But no one would ever have anticipated that a sex offender would receive extra prison time for using a basic cell phone in the furtherance of his crime. Last week the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the enhanced sentence of the defendant Neil Kramer who pleaded guilty to transporting a female minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, Title 18, U.S.C. § 2423(a). Kramer’s prison sentence was increased by an extra 2 1/3 years because he had used his … [ Continue reading ]
How Do You Sue an Unknown Hacker Who Steals Data through the Company Web Site
In Liberty Media Holdings, LLC. v. Does 1-59, 2011 WL 292128 *3 (S.D.Cal. Jan. 25, 2011) unknown individuals hacked into Liberty Media Holdings’ web servers and obtained “certain motion pictures” that it “reproduced and distributed . . . onto their local hard drives and other storage devices.” Not knowing the identity of these hackers Liberty Media Holdings filed a “John Doe” lawsuit alleging violations of three federal statutes: the Electronic Stored Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S. C. §§ 2701 and 2702, violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C. §1030 and copyright infringement in violation of 17 … [ Continue reading ]
