Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Spam, Send a Flame, Go to Jail

COMPUTERS/TECHNOLOGY

COMMENTLINE
Ok, so it's now illegal to spam IMs or e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. However, it's ok to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Cool. I do that already! Many thanks to Congress for the controversial legislation.

So, what happens to annoy.com now?

NEWSLINE
"Who decides what's annoying?"

NEWSBYTE
Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail
Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.
(CNET) -- 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. Read full story.

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