Dear all, The recent arrest of a businessman in Puducherry for making a comment on twitter about Karti Chidambaram is a classic example of how the vague provisions of the IT Act can be used by the poweful to harass people. What the businessman seems to have said is a comment made in many forums...this kind of harassment is truly unfortunate...More on the issue
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/iac-volunteer-tweets-himself-into-trouble-faces-three-years-in-jail/article4051769.ece The operative part.. "If you write a book that annoys or inconveniences me, even deliberately, I have no civil or criminal recourse. But if you send an e-mail message, or post a tweet, you could face three years in jail", says lawyer Pranesh Prakash. "That's higher than the two-year imprisonment for causing death by negligence." -- K. Yashwant Executive Committee Member Free Software Foundation TamilNadu (FSFTN) _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
