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Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.
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| January 9, 2006
| Declan McCullagh
Posted on 01/09/2006 8:57:10 AM PST by MensRightsActivist
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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annoy; annoying; bush43; darkshearesfault; internet; pests; rino; rkbascornsthislaw
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It appears this new law has the potential to make criminals of bloggers everywhere.
To: MensRightsActivist
Does this bug you? I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you. Does this bug you?
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posted on
01/09/2006 8:58:15 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: MensRightsActivist
Want to be in 10 years this has morphed into something impacting political speech?
To: Dashing Dasher
PING!!!!
I know you will want to check this out!
To: SlowBoat407
The bill is sponsored yo the Democrats no doubt.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:00:10 AM PST
by
ANGGAPO
(LayteGulfBeachClub)
To: MensRightsActivist
I am about to commit a felony:
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:00:16 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: MensRightsActivist
To: MensRightsActivist
I hope there's no grandfather clause, considering some of the conversations I've had here on FR.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:00:43 AM PST
by
Flightdeck
(Longhorns+January=Rose Bowl Repeat)
To: MensRightsActivist
Fortunately InOhio is my last name, so I can be as annoying as I want.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:01:17 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(What is the most obscene gesture to a Democrat? An Iraqi voter showing him a stained finger.)
To: MensRightsActivist
Does this apply to illegal aliens as well?
(hmmm)
To: MensRightsActivist
It appears this new law has the potential to make criminals of bloggers everywhere. It will selectively enforced to harass, intimidate, and annoy those that can't be prosecuted otherwise.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:02:51 AM PST
by
oldbrowser
(No matter how cynical I get, I can't seem to keep up)
To: MensRightsActivist
Our esteemed politicians can't seem to grasp this simple point, but the First Amendment protects our right to write something that annoys someone else.
Our "esteemed politicians" aren't the only ones who can't seem to grasp this.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:02:53 AM PST
by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
To: MensRightsActivist
Unbelievable. I thought this was scrappleface. More free speech infringement.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:03:10 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: MensRightsActivist
Does this eliminate the MSM's "Unidentified/Unnamed reliable source"?
To: MensRightsActivist
it all depends on what the definition of 'annoying is'. Perspective seems to be the word here.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:03:40 AM PST
by
Palpatine
(I'm from Europe, get me out of here!)
To: Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; Fierce Allegiance; TheBigB; Owl_Eagle; Lazamataz; ...
President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages I'm putting all of you on report.
To: MensRightsActivist
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. Guess this finishes off the spammers, huh?
NOT!
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:05:07 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Article posts of just one or two sentences do not preserve the quality of FR. Lazy FReepers be gone!)
To: MensRightsActivist
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.
Now, how do they intend to enforce that? What idiots!
Most people who have any Internet experience use aliases --- several, in fact.
This is another ridiculous nightmare piece of legislation that may look good on paper, but is very impractical in reality.
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:05:21 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: martin_fierro
You annoyed me. I'm tellin'
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:05:23 AM PST
by
Crazieman
(6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
To: mysterio
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posted on
01/09/2006 9:05:29 AM PST
by
Marak
(Marco Island)
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