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."
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K. Yashwant
Executive Committee Member
Free Software Foundation TamilNadu (FSFTN)
