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Joss Weatherby
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Registered: May 2008
Location: The Pacific Northwest, of course
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quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
What do you want, then? There has always been youthful indiscretion. Teenagers are inherently stupid creatures. The internet, however, is relatively new. It adds a perpetual dimension to such indiscretion. Should the otherwise illegal consequences of mistakes made in adolescence be allowed to follow people, well into adulthood? Do revealing pictures made when she was a girl (and, let's face it, here - it's always a girl) mean she should be subject to stalking because a sociopath hacked her facebook account? Tough titties, bitch - you were an attention whore, ergo, we're not going to do anything about protecting you from the behavior of some fucking shitheads who have a fixation with you. |
Again, you fail to realize that any law that protects kids like this would ultimately target kids in the end?
If she is being stalked then there are already laws against that (she wasn't being stalked as far as I can tell from that article, just people knew who she was because there were pics of her on the internet) and people can be prosecuted. Are you saying that photos of people underage in bathing suits or underwear should be the same as pictures of child abuse? Remember that these kids usually end up taking the pictures themselves, out of their own volition. If they do that, would they be charged? It already happens when they take nude photos of themselves. A girl in Oklahoma I believe was charged with child-abuse and possession and distribution of child pornography after she sent nude photos of herself to a couple of older guys.
These are laws that are more akin to religiously intolerant and paranoid nations. The US's best thing going for it still is its almost incredibly anything goes free-speech laws. I don't see why people want to continue to hack away at even that.
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Dec-03-2011 17:53
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Joss Weatherby
Banned
Registered: May 2008
Location: The Pacific Northwest, of course
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quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
I definitely read a pro-stalking agenda in your argument.
My point is that technology has advanced beyond the scope of previously written laws. You can't just say that the new problems arising as a result from the misuse of technology should not be addressed by legislative action. Stalking laws are also relatively new and a response to an increase in awareness about what constitutes stalking, in the first place. Why shouldn't problems created by people misusing technology also be made subject to legislation - even if it's to protect the person who is misusing the technology? |
Who was misusing the technology? Was she? I don't think you are grasping the laws that are already in place.
First off, someone hacked her account. That is breaking the law right there, numerous laws, ranging from wiretapping to newer laws specifically regarding the improper use and access of someone else's computer or website.
Second there is copyright law, her photos were copyrighted due to natural copyright law. If they had wanted to they could go after and attempt to litigate against anyone who posted those pictures with out her consent.
Thirdly, if she was being stalked, there are already laws on the books for that.
Here is what matters and sadly this is changing: copyright law is CIVIL law. It is not criminal law, so the police can not go and start arresting people for violating it (again, this is probably going to change after SOPA passes, and it will be far worse of a situation, W-Ashley could literally have called the cops on us for putting him in those Rock chops he got all pissed about).
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Dec-03-2011 18:00
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