August 10th, 2010 by lhaasAn important ruling that could affect our industry:
A U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday ruled that it’s not a criminal act to violate the Terms of Service of a Web site, a decision hailed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The case, Facebook v. Power Ventures, arose because Power offered software that allowed users to aggregate Facebook friends and other data with similar sets of data from other social networking sites.
Facebook argued that because its Terms of Service forbid users from using automated methods to access user data, Power’s software violated California’s computer crime law, specifically section 502(c).
