FH turns you into criminals! (*Will is innocent though)

[Damini]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6024695.html

Be careful if you play too roughly with the americans online. It may turn you into a felon.

 

[Earl]

Quick lets wind Uncle Sick up and get him thrown in jail

 

[Moo]

I'm right in thinking that this means little to people not under american juristiction?

For example do I break this american law by calling someone a twat or w/e on an american based messageboard while I myself am in the UK? If so then if i traveled to the US i could be arrested for it?

 

[tRoG]

I think they've just outlawed the interwebs.

 

[xane]

This is misleading.

(a) The President cannot sign something into law without agreement from the Senate, in fact in most cases he is probably bound to sign as his role is executive not legislative.
(b) The Act is an amendment to an already existing Act dating back to 1934 that already contains the word "annoy", it merely clarifies that using the Internet as another form of "telecommunications device".

As the law stands today, you are a felon if you:

(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;

Source as pointed to by original article

This is before Congress got their sticky fingers on it, so be careful if you phone an American too.

 

[Moo]

so if i flame an american on the net on a messageboard (thus concealing my real identity) or even like pming someone in something like WOW without telling them my real name and address - I could be arrested if i ever travel to america?


because that would be kinda bs.

 

[DaGaffer]

I'm right in thinking that this means little to people not under american juristiction?

For example do I break this american law by calling someone a twat or w/e on an american based messageboard while I myself am in the UK? If so then if i traveled to the US i could be arrested for it?

*Sees millions of US messageboards moving offshore*

Doesn't this break the First Amendment anyway?

 

[TdC]

nice how it got "sneaked" in :/

*annoy all politicians*

 

[Will]

It isn't often I get called innocent.

 

[ECA]

Its unconstitutional anyway, as soon as it gets used its going to be overturned.

 

[Chilly]

Its unconstitutional anyway, as soon as it gets used its going to be overturned.

like the rest of the unconstitutional laws that get used constantly and then not overturned in the states?

Or failing that, the pres just doing illegal shit anyway?

 

[Embattle]

I'll take 100 years please.

 

[Utini]

Its bush trying to justify a new war, as every messageboard across the globe has people calling him a **** anonymously so he makes it illegal. Two weeks time, bush declares 'War on Crime' and invades everywhere.

 

[Mazling]

Someone should suggest to Bush "war on war" and put up a webcam of his face for the next 100 years.

 

[Danya]

I'm right in thinking that this means little to people not under american juristiction?

Correct, international law is a funny old business, but I think it unlikely the UK would extradite a British citizen for breaking a US law while said citizen was on UK soil...

 

[Uncle Sick]

Quick lets wind Uncle Sick up and get him thrown in jail

OH, SHI...

He's right. 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.

Yeah! What now!? WHAT NOW, EH!??

Half the fcking laws here can be broken on first ammendment basis.
I can call my co-worker a lazy bitch... can't call her a FAT, lazy bitch, though.

Because that would be discrimination. Me loves.
I call her dumb, lazy bitch btw.













No, I don't. But I wish I could.

 

[rynnor]

Correct, international law is a funny old business, but I think it unlikely the UK would extradite a British citizen for breaking a US law while said citizen was on UK soil...

Anyway, winding up the Yanks is a national past-time - generally you cant be extradited for breaking a law that has no equivalent in that nation - thus many websites of contraversial nature tend to be in little countries who dont have laws against them.

The exceptions come where massive diplomatic pressure is put on or if the yanks want a brit - tony bends over backwards for them ;P

 

[Fana]

Correct, international law is a funny old business, but I think it unlikely the UK would extradite a British citizen for breaking a US law while said citizen was on UK soil...

Not even mentioning the fact that you cant break a US law while on UK soil. US have no jurisdiction in the UK - only if the action you took was outlawed in the UK or in international law would it be grounds for extradition. Despite what Bush and other americans would like to think the USofA doesnt equal 'The World' and the US legal system doesnt mean crap to people outside of the US.