Create an e-annoyance, go to jail

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"Create an e-annoyance, go to jail
Published: January 9, 2006, 4:00 AM PST

Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.

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.

In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog 
as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small 
favors, I guess.

This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, 
is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of 
Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and 
two years in prison.

"The use of the word 'annoy' is particularly problematic," says Marv 
Johnson, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. 
"What's annoying to one person may not be annoying to someone else." "

-Mark C.
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