Submission + - U.K. outlaws denial-of-service attacks
Wouldn't this outlaw any kind of copy-protection system? Anyone want to be a test case?Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offense to impair the operation of any computer system. Other clauses prohibit preventing or hindering access to a program or data held on a computer, or impairing the operation of any program or data held on a computer.