Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

CNET ^ | January 9, 2006 | Declan McCullagh

[martin_fierro]

[MensRightsActivist]

Every Republican Senator in the Senate signed this bill, and most of the vast majority of Republicans in the House. I believe this was in someway added after the original bill was approved.

[Condor51]

***Does this bug you? I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you. Does this bug you?***

LOL. I did that to our girls when they were growing up. Now I do it my 5yo grand daughter.

Wait... actually I still do it sometimes to our youngest when she's home from college.

I think it's hilarious, but at 22yo she is NOT amused.

[dalereed]

Put Bush in Prison for 2 years, for starters his statements on the illegals annoy the hell out of me.

Damn, he's exempt, he used his real name.

[jeremiah]

It is not my job to keep track of the dates, just the mileposts and yes I do remember something about finance reform or something.

[DBrow]

SEC. 113. PREVENTING CYBERSTALKING.

(a) In General- Paragraph (1) of section 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(h)(1)) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking `and' at the end;

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

`(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)).'.

(b) Rule of Construction- This section and the amendment made by this section may not be construed to affect the meaning given the term `telecommunications device' in section 223(h)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this section.

It will take a while to unscramble this one- gotta go to the current version of CA 1934 and add/cut/delete to get the new meaning. Any volunteers, I can't get to it today.

[RichRepublican]

You mean my "Intrepid Troll" alias on the Al Franken blog may be in trouble?? OH NO!!!

[Eaker]

That ping irritated me.

Go to jail!!!

[opticks]

Gee, now that the War on Terror is over, we can spend more time on important legislature such as this.

/sarcasm

[MensRightsActivist]

The sponsors of this bill (VAWA) were Joe Biden (D), and his two primary cosponsors were Orin Hatch (R), and Arlen Specter (R).

[HawaiianGecko]

 

Jim needs to expand our taglines.

_{Disclosures: This message is not intended to annoy any person or entity and no animals were harmed during the production of this message. Any resemblance to annoying is purely coincidental.}

[Churchillspirit]

Your triple post is annoying.

Lucky for you M203M4 is your real name!

[Condor51]

***I hope there's no grandfather clause, considering some of the conversations I've had here on FR.****

That's right. You're an insulting PIG and a moron.
So sic the coppers on me maggot!

Sincerely
Chuck Schumer, NY
US Senate, Washington DC

:-)

[Revolting cat!]

It look like that to stay on the safe side I'm going to have to change my real name to 'Annoying'!

[Marak]

You are so going to prison!

[Michael Goldsberry]

[flashbunny]

They're going to lock you up forever!

[Calpernia]

I think you just found the upside to the downside.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Referring this to my legal expert who I keep on a beer retainer.

[wallcrawlr]