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  • Create an e-annoyance, go to jail

    01/10/2006 9:28:53 AM PST · by Sonar5 · 52 replies · 872+ views
    C-Net News.com ^ | 1.9.2006 | Declan McCullagh
    Excerpt: (full Story at link) 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...