Fluffeh writes:
A recent article by The Intercept showed how US and UK intelligence agencies have been impersonating the servers of companies like Facebook. In November, Der Spiegel noted that agencies created "bogus versions" of sites like Slashdot and LinkedIn to plant malware in targets' machines.
Copyright claims brought against the government must be filed in the US Court of Federal Claims, and the subject matter in question must have previously been registered with the Copyright Office-something companies don't typically do for their Web interfaces.
In contrast, under the Lanham Act, the government is expressly liable. The law clearly states, "As used in this paragraph, the term 'any person' includes the United States, all agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and all individuals, firms, corporations, or other persons acting for the United States and with the authorization and consent of the United States."
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Fluffeh on Wednesday March 26 2014, @12:07AM
It is rather a case where Clapper is an INDIVIDUAL working for the government, but in this case it is the GOVERNMENT ENTITIY that is held liable - meaning it cannot hide away by claiming "he did it... she did it... etc" the bucks stops at the front door, it is up to them to then work out internally who is at fault.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 26 2014, @12:24AM
National security, tovarisch. You are at fault. Off to Siberia!