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

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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.

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