Submission + - You-tube in copyright spat
Vainglorious Coward writes: http://slashdot.org/~Vainglorious+Coward/journal/1 52078
Sorry, I can't figure out how to submit journal entries as story submissions
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 8 declined, 6 accepted (14 total, 42.86% accepted)
Submission + - Three years in prison for posting hatespeak
Vainglorious Coward writes: In the UK, a man has been sentenced to three years in prison for posting inflammatory messages to a website. Pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred on a site dedicated to the memory of a murdered black teenager, the 30-year old accused stated that he was not racist, and had intended to stir up an argument on the website, but did not believe in what he had written. The defending lawyer described her client as "isolated and living in a fantasy world, spending hours on his computer in his room where his persona could be as he made it, good or bad."
Criminalising inciteful behavior is one thing, but three years for six messages seems a stiffer penalty than he might have received if he'd actually physically assaulted somebody.
Submission + - Racist troll gets three years prison.
Vainglorious Coward writes: "A man has been sentenced to three years prison for posting racist taunts to a website. The troll "admitted posting the messages but insisted he was not racist. He told the officers he had intended to stir up an argument on the website but did not believe in what he had written". Pleading guilty to publishing material likely to stir up racial hatred, and to making thirty three indecent photographs of children, his defence noted that he "was isolated and living in a fantasy world, spending hours on his computer in his room".
Three years for six posts!"
Three years for six posts!"
