What Do Court-Ordered Internet Bans Really Mean? 453
tcd004 writes "Chris Lamprecht, a.k.a. Minor Threat, was the first person to be banned from the internet back in 1995. Since then, the practice has gained popularity worldwide. In the last year, courts in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States have all banned people from the Internet. A British court recently banned a convicted pedophile specifically from entering chatrooms for 10 years. But how effective are the bans? Minor Threat contends that the rules governing his internet ban use were toothless. How much harder is it to keep people off the internet in an age when everything--from parking meters to refrigerators--comes with an IP address." (Note: the Globe and Mail story requires registration.)
I'm banned (Score:5, Funny)
Internet Ban (Score:5, Funny)
Banned from the Internet? (Score:3, Funny)
AOL (Score:5, Funny)
Tantamount (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Banned from the Internet? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:AOL (Score:5, Funny)
The "unusual" provision, at least, is clear: providing that persons will not be subjected to arbitrary, humiliating, or carpricious punishment outside the normal course of the law
Re:Banned from the Internet? (Score:5, Funny)
"It's not the internet... it's AOL!"
This is easy to fix (Score:4, Funny)
2) Give the websites a list of the people who have been banned.
3) If a banned person signs up for a website, shoot them!
I'll be solving world hunger next week.
Alternatives (Score:1, Funny)
banned from communicating with anybody? (Score:2, Funny)
Or write sql-injection instructions longhand using my daffy-duck pencil to be carried out on the internet by others?
Or read paper hard-copy versions of web pages?
I can still use SMS though, right?
Re:what I think it means is (Score:3, Funny)
Are you being a smart ass or are you really that stupid?
Re:AOL (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm not really sure... (Score:2, Funny)