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| Jailed for a Blogpost |
| 2006-12-11 |
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| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #3 However, in the US it is an important legal defense to note that an IP number is NOT a human being. For example, if you are sued by the RIAA for music piracy, and you use this defense, they will immediately drop their lawsuit against you, strongly wishing to avoid setting any precedent. This is especially true if your computer is part of an unsecured WIFI network. This is why unless you have the item in question on your computer or backup media, you can usually walk. For the government, it is even worse. For example, the two prime sources for child porn convictions are individuals who used their credit cards to order over the Internet, and individuals whose computer is brought in for maintenance, and the offending images are discovered by the repair service. So far, for all their efforts to force the creation of online records, they generally haven't used such records in court. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-12-11 22:43 |
| #2 There is no such thing as Anonymous on the internet. People really need to get that through their heads. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-12-11 19:26 |
| #1 "The advent of blogs in the past few years, however, has reshaped the playing field. The technology that has empowered unknown students in closed societies to speak to the world also gives readers everywhere the ability to rally together to protect free expression." I like the fact that they have this outlet, however it would be good if they could be more discreet with their identities and not use home computers. Or are they caught some other way? We are so very fortunate to live in the freedom of america. Don't I know it. |
| Posted by: Jan from work 2006-12-11 13:52 |