[LINK] using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence?

Darrell Burkey darrell.burkey at anu.edu.au
Mon May 9 09:45:22 AEST 2011


On Sat, 2011-05-07 at 08:24, Roger Clarke wrote:
> At 11:39 PM +1000 6/5/11, Kim Holburn wrote:
> >http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/new-internet-law-to-be-tested-by-skype-sex-claims/story-e6frg6nf-1226047248774
> >>  The broad offence is designed to punish "online conduct that a 
> >>reasonable person would find to be ... causing offence".

They seem to really be stretching here. Although I'm sure it's quite an
unpopular opinion, I'm struggling to see what this person did that was
illegal? OK, get him for using the 'net. This is exactly why you should
use intranets for this type of thing. 

Two consenting adults, one or both morally challenged/stupid perhaps. I
would imagine this happens all the time. 

I'm off to search the net to see if there's any sex tapes there. 

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