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7 Pace Intell. Prop. Sports & Ent. L.F. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/pipself7 and id is 1 raw text is: PACE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW FORUM VOLUME 7 SPRING 2017 NUMBER 1 SONY, CYBER SECURITY, AND FREE SPEECH: PRESERVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN THE MODERN WORLD CONRAD WILTON* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ...........3............. ................3 II. THE SONY HACK SAGA. .......................... .........8 A. The Inception of The Interview and Initial Stages of the Hack..............9 B. The Hack Surfaces and Exposes Massive Amounts of Data ..... .....11 C. The Embarrassing Aftermath ...............................13 III. THE HACK'S CHILLING IMPACT ON PRIVACY AND FREE SPEECH.................. ....................... ..... 15 A. The Abolition of Privacy in a Technologically Dependent World.........16 B. The Merger of Privacy and Speech ...................... 18 C. The Entertainment Industry Vindicates First Amendment Freedoms.........20 D. Censorship of The Interview Eviscerates First Amendment Rights.....21 IV. EXISTING METHODS TO DETER CYBER TERRORISM .. ...........22 A. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) .......... ..........23 1. Bolstering the CFAA Will Not Deter Professional Hackers......24 2. Aaron's Law and the Overbroad CFAA...................26 B. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).....27 C. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) .......... ...........28 Conrad Wilton is best known as the host of Conrad's Corner@ Radio - Est. 2010. He graduated from the UC Davis School of Law in 2016 after earning his Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California in 2013. Conrad currently works in entertainment litigation and transactional law as an associate attorney with Fox Rothschild LLP in Los Angeles, California. He attributes his continued success to the unconditional love and support of Edward and Beatrice Weiss, Ron and Betty Wilton, Baron Wilton and his incredible dog Hunter.