Being annoying on the internet is a FEDERAL CRIME

[rabbit]

We can't sue you, we know who you are :\

[Newby]

We can't sue you, we know who you are :\

The whole point!

[CrAz3D]

The internet as we know it is about 15 years old.  That's not very new. 

And Bush is the final signature on the law, so I can totally blame him. 

New can be relative.
Congress writes the laws, Bush had nothing to do with it other than making it an actual law.  At least Capitol Hill is trying to do something.  Pretty hard to figure out where/how to start on it.

[GameSnake]

I think what everyone is missing is that we dont want the internet to be censored. You cannot start making and enforcing laws for something that isn't just one country's, this is an international thing.

[Screenor]

So this law would generally put community's like myg0t offline?

[MyndFyre]

So this law would generally put community's like myg0t offline?

Not to mention people like you in prison.

[Screenor]

So this law would generally put community's like myg0t offline?

Not to mention people like you in prison.

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[Blaze]

www.meatspin.com
www.lemonparty.com

SuE mE, LOLOLOL!!! 11   

Oh wait, I don't follow American laws, ohh well - Better luck next time.

[Warrior]

Finally we can put Mangix and QwertyMonster in prison.

[deadly7]

God, America is full of dumbasses... [This should've been in my first post]

[CrAz3D]

I think what everyone is missing is that we dont want the internet to be censored. You cannot start making and enforcing laws for something that isn't just one country's, this is an international thing.

It isn't so much censorship, from what I understood it is more of a safety thing.  Like to prevent internet predators from stalking people, or at least making it illegal so that if you DO get caught you get punished.

You don't want them to be like "uhm, stop it, please?" & just let the perv continue harassing you, do you?

[deadly7]

I think what everyone is missing is that we dont want the internet to be censored. You cannot start making and enforcing laws for something that isn't just one country's, this is an international thing.

It isn't so much censorship, from what I understood it is more of a safety thing.  Like to prevent internet predators from stalking people, or at least making it illegal so that if you DO get caught you get punished.

You don't want them to be like "uhm, stop it, please?" & just let the perv continue harassing you, do you?

It's illegal to stalk somebody as it is, that law works well enough.  It's also illegal to be a pedophile and endorse child pornography.  Those are ruled out. Next?

[CrAz3D]

Article says its to prevent cyber-stalking.
I'm not sure what exactly the law does, I haven't read the law nor am I a lawyer (yet;)).

Although, the older wording sounded better ... "substantial emotional harm".
I don't understand why you wouldn't just ignore someone that is bugging you, but if it comes to the point of stalking I can understand be being annoyed/emotionally harmed

[iago]

Article says its to prevent cyber-stalking.

Isn't there some kind of strategy to say one thing and then do another, thus getting what you want in a dirty way?  I know that in a game I played on the weekend, I assured (and proved) to everybody that I couldn't possibly win this turn because I didn't have enough money.  Then on my turn, I won.  Just because I said I wouldn't win, and gave a pretty good reason that seemed to check out, I still managed to do it.

[Newby]

So this law would generally put community's like myg0t offline?

Yes. Hahaha. Poor myg0t.