[Air-L] Fwd: lawsuit on behalf of researchers who study the Internet

[Christian Sandvig]

OF COURSE I forgot the URL.  It is:

http://slashpolicy.com/petition/curiosity-is-not-a-crime/

Christian


On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Christian Sandvig <csandvig at umich.edu>
wrote:

> Update: A community of devs interested in public policy started an
> petition in support of our court case. This is a case filed on behalf of
> AoIR researchers and against the CFAA/US Government.
>
> It is very sweet of them to make this petition. If you agree, you may want
> to sign it.
>
> Context below.
>
> Best,
> Christian
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Christian Sandvig <
> christian.sandvig at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear AIR colleagues,
>>
>> On Wednesday I joined other Internet researchers and filed a lawsuit
>> against the US Government to protect the legal right to conduct online
>> research. The case was just called "key to the future of social science."
>>  I thought this issue might be of interest to some of you. If so, please
>> feel free to read and share the details below. Note that I filed this
>> lawsuit as a private citizen and it does not involve my university.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>> Christian
>>
>> --
>> http://www.niftyc.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Why I am Suing the Government
>> (or: I write scripts, bots, and scrapers that collect online data)
>>
>> https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/07/01/why-i-am-suing-the-government/
>>
>> Most of What You Do Online Is Illegal. Let's End the Absurdity.
>> by Christian Sandvig and Karrie Karahalios
>> *The Guardian *(Op-Ed)
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/cfaa-online-law-illegal-discrimination
>>
>> Legal Complaint: Sandvig v. Lynch
>> https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/sandvig-v-lynch-complaint
>>
>> Researchers Sue The Government Over Computer Hacking Law
>>
>> https://www.wired.com/2016/06/researchers-sue-government-computer-hacking-law/
>>
>> When Should Hacking Be Legal? A Group of Academics and Journalists Say a
>> Federal Computer-Fraud Law Criminalizes Their Work
>>
>> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/when-should-hacking-be-legal/489785/
>>
>>
>>
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