We focus primarily on one section, 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(C): Criminal and civil liability for whoever (a) “intentionally accesses a computer (b) without authorization . . , and (c) thereby obtains ... information from any . . . computer.”
Suppose you follow a link to a website and download information. Do you intentionally access a computer (the server that maintains the website) and obtain information from it?