When Olivier Laurelli carried out a series of routine internet searches in the summer of 2012 he could have had no idea that his actions would land him in police custody for 30 hours and lead to a a 3,000-euro fine. Yet on Wednesday last week the court of appeal in Paris convicted the journalist, IT specialist and hacker of 'theft' and 'fraudulently' remaining in a computer system where he was not authorised to be.
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