Aaron’s Law, much-needed reforms to computer crimes law, introduced in Congress

Post by foobarbazqux » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 10:01 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #30

rhizome wrote: post #29

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Is MIT actually the kind of private property you're talking about?

What do you mean "the kind of private property"? Private property is private property. MIT is a private university and its campus buildings and its campus network is private property. The fact that it's an educational institution doesn't make its property any less private. IIRC, the fact that MIT is engaged in interstate commerce with the public brings it within the domain of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Amer…

Post by foobarbazqux » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 11:38 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #32

foobarbazqux wrote: post #31

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Isn't the private property thing a bit of a distraction anyway? Would things change if MIT was a public university?

You can't mix up "public property" with "private property of a public entity." The former is something like a river--it's public property and you're entitled to swim in it and cannot be excluded arbitrarily. But the latter is the same as private property in any other hands. To the extent that anything would change (and I don't think anything would), it would not be because the property rights are in any way different…