"Computer Fraud and Abuse Act" tagged Cases and Lawsuits

CaseCase FiledLast Document
Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et alMarch 22, 2007November 18, 2009
Oracle has sued SAP for stealing its intellectual property. Among the claims made against SAP are violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and California Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, unfair competition, intentional and negligent interference with prospective economic advantage and civil conspiracy.
Facebook, Inc. v. Studivz, Ltd et alJuly 18, 2008September 14, 2009
Plaintiff Facebook, Inc. alleged that Defendants StudiVZ Ltd. ran a knockoff of Facebook's website by copying the look, feel, features and services of facebook.com
The Financial Times Limited v. The Blackstone Group, L.P. et alJanuary 28, 2009February 20, 2009
Plaintiff The Financial Times Limited alleges that Defendant The Blackstone Group, L.P. shared an individual, personal subscription to FT.com with its agents and employees.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson et alAugust 8, 2008February 3, 2009
Plaintiff Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority alleged that Defendants Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan and Alessandro Chiesa (i) claimed to have circumvented the security features of Plaintiff's computerized CharlieTicket and CharlieCard fare media system; (ii) publicly offered free subway rides for life to interested parties over the Internet; and (iii) planned to allow others to duplicate their claimed breaking of the Fare Media's security systems by presenting a paper, releasing software tools and giving demonstrations at the DEFCON hackers convention. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Massachusetts Institute of Technology negligently supervised Defendants MIT students.
craigslist, Inc. v. BertzNovember 5, 2008November 24, 2008
Plaintiff craigslist, Inc. alleged that Defendant George Berz d/b/a adbomber.com sold software and services that enabled users to repetitiously post duplicative ads on craigslist, in multiple categories on craigslist, and in multiple geographic areas on craigslist, and that purposefully circumvent craigslist security measures to do so. Plaintiff also alleged that Defendant had created copies of craiglist's copyrighted website and accessed craigslist's computer system without and in excess of authorization.
Ticketmaster LLC v. RMG Technologies Inc et alApril 17, 2007June 3, 2008
Plaintiff Ticketmaster LLC alleges that Defendant RMG Technologies Inc. has developed and marketed automated devices (i.e. Ticket Broker Acquisition Tool) to access and navigate through Ticketmaster's website, thereby infringing Ticketmaster's copyrights and violating the website's Terms of Use and a number of federal and state statutes. Plaintiff contends that Defendant's applications circumvent Plaintiff's access control and copy protection systems, including CAPTCHA, inundate Plaintiff's computers with thousands of automated requests thereby preventing ordinary customers from accessing the website, and enable Defendant's clients to purchase large quantities of tickets.
Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10June 28, 2007April 30, 2008
Plaintiff Facebook, Inc. alleged that someone using Internet Protocol address 216.127.50.20 accessed Facebook's website with an automated script in an attempt gain unauthorized access to Facebook's friend-finder functionality.
HAROLD C. " HAL" TURNER v. 4CHAN.ORG et alJanuary 19, 2007December 17, 2007
Plaintiff Harold C. Turner d/b/a Turner Radio Network d/b/a Hal Turner Radio Show alleged that Defendants 4chan.org, 7chan.org, ebaumsworld.com, nexisonline.com and abjects.com posted unauthorized copies of his radio shows online, attacked Plaintiff's server so as to make it unavailable, and placed unauthorized orders for goods, services and merchandise from third parties in Plaintiff's name.
MySpace Inc v. Optinrealbig.com LLC et alJanuary 19, 2007September 28, 2007
Plaintiff MySpace Inc. sued defendants Media Breakaway, LLC and Scott Richter for sending millions of spam bulletins through MySpace's network by misappropriating login names and passwords from MySpace users.
Lane et al v. Facebook, Inc. et alAugust 12, 2008 
Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant Facebook, Inc. and Defendants Facebook Beacon Activated Affiliates (i.e., Blockbuster, Inc., Fandango, Inc., Hotwire, Inc., STA Travel, Inc., Overstock.com, Inc., Zappos.com, Inc. and Gamefly, Inc.) violated their privacy