This is one of those laws that it will be forever impossible to enforce on a large scale but will be used in court on a case-by-case basis to obtain convictions and harder sentences. It's also a direct attack on citizen supported news services (i.e blogs) which certainly impose a growing threat on commercial news services in the next few years. It's a shame these kind of tactics are tolerated by the public.
lemonboy Reviewed by lemonboy on . Flaming is illegal! y Declan McCullagh http://news.com.com/Create+an+e-annoyance%2C+go+to+jail/2010-1028_3-6022 491.html Story last modified Mon Jan 09 04:00:00 PST 2006 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 Rating: 5