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- FallOutBoyTonto, on 05/18/2008, -5/+188This application has performed an illegal operation
- stonebear, on 05/18/2008, -6/+150The criminalization of civil law is a sign of the times; in a fascist society, law becomes so abused as to make everyone guilty until political authority decides otherwise.
- wolfofwar, on 05/18/2008, -5/+96You mean it's illegal to watch underage Amish midget-horse bestiality while downloading entire movie soundtracks and burning video games to DVD to distribute on the street?
- inbuninbu, on 05/18/2008, -1/+631. Criminalize everything.
2. Justify this by saying that it is broadly worded so that the government can prosecute people who do something horrible (i.e. the Megan Meier case) but that doesn't quite fall within the scope of existing laws.
3. Prosecute those people that are 'inconvenient'. - MasterThief117, on 05/18/2008, -4/+65These all very well may be illegal, however, I have yet to have been caught.
If I stop posting retarded comments here on digg for about a month, it is safe to assume I have been caught. - TheDiggAbides, on 05/18/2008, -0/+60dugg for reminding me of how traumatizing that popup was when I was little
- chicoer2001, on 05/18/2008, -6/+52Does that mean Bush broke the Net Act. How else did he get The Beatles on his IPod?
- inactive, on 05/18/2008, -2/+40An unjust law isn't a law at all, but a weapon.
- PaulOwen, on 05/18/2008, -2/+39* 10 ways AMERICANS might be breaking the law with their computers
- AlanFang, on 05/18/2008, -4/+30Oh boy 10 laws you probably won't get caught breaking.
- jdaniel284, on 05/18/2008, -0/+26I wish everyone was as wise as you sir. Unfortunately though, we are on a ship of fools. We would much rather talk about how we are going to spend our stimulus checks while rooting for our favorite team during the Barrack / McCain superbowl.
- rescu911, on 05/18/2008, -2/+21When everyone is safe, no one will be free.
- inactive, on 05/18/2008, -1/+17"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even tacitly take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machines will be prevented from working at all."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tcx9BJRadfw - telepheedian, on 05/18/2008, -1/+16Some of these are obvious, but we have to vote against any other laws that come across, the last thing we need is government control over the internet.
- inactive, on 05/18/2008, -1/+16I proudly break all of these and more.
- theonlywizdum, on 05/18/2008, -3/+18Nothing has stopped us from imposing our laws on other countries in the past, why stop now?
- gkiltz, on 05/18/2008, -3/+17The best thing about the internet: If the legal system in one location won't face reality, there is always another location!
- EarlOfLade, on 05/18/2008, -3/+17Someone once called USA "Land of the free" He must have been drunk or something. There is nothing "free" with USA!
- XSVfan, on 05/18/2008, -0/+13#1: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
#2: No Electronic Theft (NET) Act
#3: Court rulings regarding border searches
#4: State laws regarding access to networks
#5: “Tools of a crime” laws
#6: “Cyberstalking” laws
#7: Internet Gambling laws
#8: Security Breach Disclosure laws
#9: Community Broadband Act of 2007
#10: Pro IP Act - Damien2101, on 05/18/2008, -0/+12http://bash.org/?202477
- inbuninbu, on 05/18/2008, -0/+12Hope is alive.
Sometimes I think, in using the internet in everyday life, we lose sight of how revolutionary the internet is. The net has destroyed the information-monopoly of Big Media, at least for a certain segment of the population. I wonder how much independent media the average digger consumes compared to Big Media? Whether you're a Ron Paul afficionado or whether Noam Chomsky is your hero(or both), you can contribute to public discourse in a way that was all but impossible before the net.
Sure, a great many people still buy into the Big Media narratives. But I think, as the bigots are dying and largely not being replaced, so will the Big Media consumers to some degree.
Unless we lose net neutrality, of course. - solidus636, on 05/18/2008, -0/+11Porn isn't really illegal in most states.
- light65733, on 05/18/2008, -3/+14Fans of George Owell's "1984", must feel gratified. The computer on the net provides the perfect opportunity to incite and observe thought crimes. All that is needed to complete his prophecy is a body of law to enforce. And it now looks like that last piece is at hand.
- CaviMike, on 05/18/2008, -3/+14If it's on the internet, it's free
- KeithA45, on 05/18/2008, -0/+9damn that's good
- jdaniel284, on 05/18/2008, -3/+12Then vote libertarian and quit playing the Democrat / Republican shell game.
- AzureRise, on 05/18/2008, -1/+8So in Texas connecting to an unsecured wireless network is equal to first degree felony murder.....and they say Texans are stupid rednecks.
- ImbecileCorn, on 05/18/2008, -1/+8There was, but greed ***** it up
- Zpanzer, on 05/18/2008, -2/+10You gotta share that horse porn!
- WackyWorld, on 05/18/2008, -1/+7Interesting point - how do you know if you are breaking the law ?
Where is the guide book (published by the government & distributed to every tax paying citizen) stating what the laws are ? - linagee, on 05/18/2008, -1/+7Unless you're selling it to minors.
- maelnum, on 05/18/2008, -2/+8We're MEN. We're men in tights
TIGHT TIGHTS - PolarBearCa, on 05/18/2008, -2/+84. ???
5. Profit? - Ne007, on 05/18/2008, -17/+22Oh well! WHO GIVES A *****?
Not me.... - aserer511, on 05/18/2008, -1/+6***** man, I've been watching born since I was 14 online and doing p2p since the same. I'm a ***** convict
- Nephrastar, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5From the looks of it, we all should've landed in jail a long time ago x]
- fuzzlog, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5What does Firefox have anything to do with the server being down????
- pauleric, on 05/18/2008, -0/+5Breaking copyright can be a criminal act (not just civil)? Pringles can antennas are illegal? Calling someone an ***** on digg is illegal? It's illegal for some states/cities to have their own public WiFi networks? Sorry, not obvious to me.
- inactive, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4The anti-internet gambling laws in Washington were completely pushed through by the Indian casino lawyers so they wouldn't lose any business.
- ChristBehemoth, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4I scored a 10 on 10 .. where's my cookie
- bagelmaster, on 05/18/2008, -0/+4Even more interesting, how is the government PROVING we are breaking these laws, without first ignoring our constitutional right of not being searched without probable cause or a warrant?
- fishpen0, on 05/18/2008, -2/+6Are you being sarcastic or insane? These days its hard to tell the difference between wit and fanaticism on the web...
- Providence, on 05/18/2008, -1/+5Does hijacking your neighbors WiFi count?
- inactive, on 05/18/2008, -1/+6lol that woman is such a rulefag:
"Not only can a loss of temper when you're online come back to embarrass you, it could possibly get you thrown in jail."
YEAH RITE. How many times has that happened? 2, maybe 3? - farfegnugen, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3Correction: 10 ways I AM breaking the law with my computer...
- Belldanime, on 05/18/2008, -1/+4That means he ripped them and made copies of the tracks in there. Still considered illegal.
- mdm05e, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3did you read the article?
- rhoffer21, on 05/18/2008, -0/+3hence the "Many states have criminal laws that prohibit accessing any computer or network". RTFA
- diggn_it, on 05/18/2008, -1/+4Quoting is so much easier than doing.
- SSUK, on 05/18/2008, -3/+610 ways you might be breaking laws made by people who think the internet is used to look up bomb making documents and chatrooms for paedophiles to linger in, with your computer.
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