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OT - Create an e-annoyance, go to jail
I don't know why I thought of this group when I read this. I'm not
posting it to annoy anyone, just to inform. :-) However, I am using my real name. Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess. This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison. "The use of the word 'annoy' is particularly problematic," says Marv Johnson, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "What's annoying to one person may not be annoying to someone else." Buried deep in the new law is Sec. 113, an innocuously titled bit called "Preventing Cyberstalking." It rewrites existing telephone harassment law to prohibit anyone from using the Internet "without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy." To grease the rails for this idea, Sen. Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, and the section's other sponsors slipped it into an unrelated, must-pass bill to fund the Department of Justice. The plan: to make it politically infeasible for politicians to oppose the measure. For the rest of the story: http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-anno...3-6022491.html |
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I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to
be regulated. The technology that exist to the average user can hide your ISP with easy even from professional. The internet cafes and free wireless spots are all over and are unable to be traced. If some one post from overseas there is no way to bring them to supposed justice. I am guaranteed being an American citizen the freedom of speech by the first amendment of the constitution Who decides what is annoying. I can't wait till the first person is brought in the media will have a field day and any half intelligent lawyer will tear apart this new law Matthew |
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NMR wrote:
I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to be regulated. The technology that exist to the average user can hide your ISP with easy even from professional. The internet cafes and free wireless spots are all over and are unable to be traced. If some one post from overseas there is no way to bring them to supposed justice. I am guaranteed being an American citizen the freedom of speech by the first amendment of the constitution Who decides what is annoying. I can't wait till the first person is brought in the media will have a field day and any half intelligent lawyer will tear apart this new law Matthew I am annoyed by your post! :-D |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:34:11 GMT, "NMR"
wrote: I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to be regulated. I agree with the enforcement/regulating issue, however, no where in the constitution are you guaranteed *anonymous* free speech. Regardless, the constitution has little meaning to the current administration. I tend to think it would be funny to make mass complaints. No faster way to get the rules changed..... It is all pretty stupid, and gives me even less confidence in our current legislative and executive branches. L. |
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"Joe Canuck" wrote in message ... NMR wrote: I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to be regulated. The technology that exist to the average user can hide your ISP with easy even from professional. The internet cafes and free wireless spots are all over and are unable to be traced. If some one post from overseas there is no way to bring them to supposed justice. I am guaranteed being an American citizen the freedom of speech by the first amendment of the constitution Who decides what is annoying. I can't wait till the first person is brought in the media will have a field day and any half intelligent lawyer will tear apart this new law Matthew I am annoyed by your post! :-D Yeah, well you are kind of getting on my nerves, Joe. *looking around suspiciously* Is "Canuck" your REAL name?? |
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"Diane" wrote in message .net... In article , Joe Canuck wrote: NMR wrote: I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to be regulated. The technology that exist to the average user can hide your ISP with easy even from professional. The internet cafes and free wireless spots are all over and are unable to be traced. If some one post from overseas there is no way to bring them to supposed justice. I am guaranteed being an American citizen the freedom of speech by the first amendment of the constitution Who decides what is annoying. I can't wait till the first person is brought in the media will have a field day and any half intelligent lawyer will tear apart this new law Matthew I am annoyed by your post! :-D Dear Sir, I am annoyed by your annoyance. Hell, I'd be willing to go to prison if I could take John Doe with me. |
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Diane wrote: Dear Sir, I am annoyed by your annoyance. Signed, Lady Kitty Pussywillow, Esq. (thank Monty Python) Dear LKP Your involvement in this new "annoyance movement" is highly annoying to us! It is unfortunate for you at this time. We cannot have our good name associated with this sort of reveling. Your Fired! We are contemplating asking the magistrate to jail you for no less than 6 months... we are so annoyed our proffits are suffering. Our wives are becoming annoyed at our shallow bank accounts! If you will return our retainer to us, we will drop this matter! Thank You Annoyed |
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"Lorraine" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:34:11 GMT, "NMR" wrote: I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to be regulated. I agree with the enforcement/regulating issue, however, no where in the constitution are you guaranteed *anonymous* free speech. Regardless, the constitution has little meaning to the current administration. Untrue about that part I can stand in a crowd, in a protest line and say whatever, hold up a sign saying what ever and never have to identify myself |
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NMR wrote: Untrue about that part I can stand in a crowd, in a protest line and say whatever, hold up a sign saying what ever and never have to identify myself they will break you down to china town |
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"Lorraine" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:34:11 GMT, "NMR" wrote: I be the first to say this is unconstitutional and completely unable to be regulated. I agree with the enforcement/regulating issue, however, no where in the constitution are you guaranteed *anonymous* free speech. Regardless, the constitution has little meaning to the current administration. The Supreme Court disagrees with you. Anonymous speech is very much constitutionally protected. I tend to think it would be funny to make mass complaints. No faster way to get the rules changed..... You "misunderestimate" (in Dubya's word) the viciousness of our leaders. It is all pretty stupid, and gives me even less confidence in our current legislative and executive branches. It's wickedness, not stupidity. Look folks, this law is not a joke. Arlen Specter went out of his way manipulating parliamentary tricks to get it passed. It's an obscure rider in an otherwise unrelated agricultural bill. Read Declan McCullugh's description, at the url given in the first post. The fear among civil libertarians is not that it will be enforced, but that it will be selectively enforced. Say the wrong thing, but be on the "right" side of the regime in power, and prosecutors will be too busy for such a piddling offense. Say the right thing but on the "wrong" side of the regime, and it's prison. Dick |
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