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This is actually more serious than one might think, but it'll be overturned on grounds of violating the First Amendment if it ever makes it as far as the Supreme Court.
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From: Birmingham, AL | Registered: Jul 2003
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I haven't knowingly annoyed anyone in awhile, but perhaps I should change my name legally to He Who Wanders, just in case. (And, darn it, just when I was starting to get press attention as a writer under my real name. But, better safe than sorry.)
In the Boing Boing coverage, one of the later responders, Steven D'Aprano, suggests the following:
Frankly, I think this new law is business is usual. There is no shortage of laws that are extremely wide and over-broad, but don't get enforced -- unless, of course, you are unconventional, weird, different, rub somebody the wrong way, or come to the attention of somebody in power with an axe to grind or a quota to fill.
Well, that description in the second sentence applies to just about all of us on LW (including yours truly) -- except possibly the last part, unless the "somebody in power" we've ticked off could mean The Powers That Be at DC (who never can seem to please Legion fans).
Of course, it's ludicrous to assume that somebody in power with an axe to grind would come after a comic book fan site. Or is it? (Anybody remember RICO?)
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Perhaps the good news is that they still think they need to have laws and courts to go after people. Or maybe they just want us to think that.
This could also be a way to shut down the internet anonymizers. I'm not sure how truly anonymous those services are if a Big Somebody really wants to find you.
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