Terms of Service Violation Not A Crime, Says Court; Bypassing Terms of Service Might Be

A North California District Court Judge dismissed Facebook’s lawsuit against Power Ventures this week, unconvinced by the site’s claim that Power.com’s efforts to integrate Facebook into its platform constituted a criminal violation of the California Penal Code. In short, violating a website’s terms of use is not a crime.

This is good news for all of us – the entire base of internet users – because let’s be honest, no one reads the Terms of Service (its okay, you can admit it).

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