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Originally posted by Andre83:
"Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

I guess that covers it :)

Soo....how do you report it? :P

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Originally posted by Thanatus:
Wow...this is truly disquieting! And now, a moment of silence in honor of the First Amendment... At least free speech lasted 230 years, not a bad run, I guess!

(This post was not meant to annoy, merely to jest, and as such, no assertions can made as to intent, as any annoyance was purely incidental and an unintentional outcome of the standard conveyance of opinion.)

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Originally posted by christhecynic:
I want you to look up the Sedition Act.

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Originally posted by Causal:
Yes, yes--and incorrect puntuation, as well!

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Originally posted by Thanatus:
Wow...this is truly disquieting! And now, a moment of silence in honor of the First Amendment... At least free speech lasted 230 years, not a bad run, I guess!

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Nah. You are still free to say whatever you want. You just have to have the nerve to put your real name behind what you say.

Freedom of speech is still intact. It's the freedom to attack people annonymously that's under fire. And I'm just fine with that.

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Not entirely fair, mate. So, lack of anonymity may be fine with you, but not everyone is in the same boat. I'm in the consulting business, and work for a great company that allows a lot of leeway. A friend of mine, in the same business, is prohibited and threatened with termination from blogging, or engaging in "controversial discussion" on web boards. He created a pseudonym to keep from losing his job and exercise his rights. I am a bit schizo on this one, I guess...I feel a company has the right to prohibit activities by its employees, but I do NOT think the government has any business prosecuting my friend. How weak has this nation and its denizens become when we need to make annoying or insulting behavior illegal. Arlen Spectre should hang his head in emasculated shame...not trying to be annoying or offensive, though.

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Originally posted by Khyron:
I'm pretty sure you meant "punctuation". With a "c". Yes?

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Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
That is the stupidest thing I have ever read...

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Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
That is the stupidest thing I have ever read...

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I envy you.

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I believe you are misreading the law.
Reader post by: Dave Madden
Posted on: January 9, 2006, 3:43 PM PST
Story: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail

H.R.3402 Sec. 113 (a)(3)(C) in the case of subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1), includes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet (as such term is defined in section 1104 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note)).

Therefore the new wording applies only to instances arising under subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(1).

The subsection referred to by the amended text is:
"(C) makes a telephone call or utilizes a telecommunications device, whether or not conversation or communication ensues, without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number or who receives the communications;"

The presence of the phrase "Called number" pretty conclusively removed all internet communications such as blogs and message boards. This seems to be measure to close a loophole that existed for internet based phone call services like vonage, etc because there is clearly no called number with regard to blogs.

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We alreadyhave libel laws making it a crime to write defamatory claims against a private party!

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In response to the "I wasn't aware the internet was American" comment... actually, technically, it is. The main servers that process data transfer over the internet are in the United States. Which is somewhat disturbing, in some ways, at least lately.

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Originally posted by Andre83:
To the guy 2 post above me. Are you on crack? The internet aint american no matter where the central hyper big time servers are located. They have to be located somewhere. There are servers all around the globe. Some in the us, most elsewhere.

Typical american to say something like that

Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing

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Originally posted by citizen:
no matter how much Bush and the rest of the country thinks they should.

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