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Ninkazu
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 Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: Beware flamers and just plain annoying people |
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http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/09/1520222 wrote: | | On Thursday, President Bush signed into law a must-pass DoJ appropriations bill which contained a little gotcha for the internet. For decades, making anonymous abusive phone calls has been a federal crime, good for up to two years behind bars -- and the term "abusive" has included threats, harassment, and the much weaker "intent to annoy." Now, that telecommunications law has been extended to include the Internet, so when you post an anonymous troll to wind up your least-favorite blogger, you may break the law. This is silly: the law needs to start taking into account the qualitative differences between things like telephones, email inboxes, blogs, and IM accounts. A 3 AM phone call is different from a post to blogger.com calling me a jerk. I don't need federal protection from that Night Elf who keeps /chickening my Orc. |
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tcaudilllg
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Beware flamers and just plain annoying people |
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| Ninkazu wrote: | http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/09/1520222 wrote: | | On Thursday, President Bush signed into law a must-pass DoJ appropriations bill which contained a little gotcha for the internet. For decades, making anonymous abusive phone calls has been a federal crime, good for up to two years behind bars -- and the term "abusive" has included threats, harassment, and the much weaker "intent to annoy." Now, that telecommunications law has been extended to include the Internet, so when you post an anonymous troll to wind up your least-favorite blogger, you may break the law. This is silly: the law needs to start taking into account the qualitative differences between things like telephones, email inboxes, blogs, and IM accounts. A 3 AM phone call is different from a post to blogger.com calling me a jerk. I don't need federal protection from that Night Elf who keeps /chickening my Orc. |
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Uh huh... yeah the courts will strike that down. Quick.
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Ninkazu
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Beware flamers and just plain annoying people |
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| LordGalbalan wrote: | | Ninkazu wrote: | http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022491.html
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/09/1520222 wrote: | | On Thursday, President Bush signed into law a must-pass DoJ appropriations bill which contained a little gotcha for the internet. For decades, making anonymous abusive phone calls has been a federal crime, good for up to two years behind bars -- and the term "abusive" has included threats, harassment, and the much weaker "intent to annoy." Now, that telecommunications law has been extended to include the Internet, so when you post an anonymous troll to wind up your least-favorite blogger, you may break the law. This is silly: the law needs to start taking into account the qualitative differences between things like telephones, email inboxes, blogs, and IM accounts. A 3 AM phone call is different from a post to blogger.com calling me a jerk. I don't need federal protection from that Night Elf who keeps /chickening my Orc. |
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Uh huh... yeah the courts will strike that down. Quick. |
Whatever. Bush has had the power to torture children since the first patriot act.
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RuneLancer
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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I am Canadian.
I'm aboot to actually feel proud of it, eh.
Well, at least it's Bush's last term. Let's hope the next guy will be a little more reasonable about these things...
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tcaudilllg
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| RuneLancer wrote: | I am Canadian.
I'm aboot to actually feel proud of it, eh.
Well, at least it's Bush's last term. Let's hope the next guy will be a little more reasonable about these things... |
Who says it'll be a guy!
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tunginobi
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As much as we'd like to see a change, history dictates otherwise, Galb.
The internet was practically founded on freedom (well, military defense purposes, but still), and call me a conspiracy theorist, but these could be baby steps towards control of this free medium.
The 'net is information and collaboration at your fingertips, and the corporations are fuming because we aren't paying through the nose for it, like almost every other service available.
Just my two AU $0.02.
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BadMrBox
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| LordGalbalan wrote: |
Who says it'll be a guy! |
Whats the alternative? Hillary Clinton? Yeah, that'll be a blast.
(sarcasm if not noted :P)
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tcaudilllg
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| tunginobi wrote: | As much as we'd like to see a change, history dictates otherwise, Galb.
The internet was practically founded on freedom (well, military defense purposes, but still), and call me a conspiracy theorist, but these could be baby steps towards control of this free medium.
The 'net is information and collaboration at your fingertips, and the corporations are fuming because we aren't paying through the nose for it, like almost every other service available.
Just my two AU $0.02. |
Then they'll be thrown down in revolt.
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