Freedom of Speech on the web in India

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I got and still getting many threats from a particualr DTH operator for commenting about their service. I don't mind and throw their threats in dustbin and not getting feared. I am bold.

me too :whistle:
 
me too :whistle:

Lets throw them in the dustbin provided by corporation of Chennai :D

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thats the way.:clap:

just transfer your address to usa.In usa till 2009 summer hate specch was protected by first amendment.until the prez signs the bill tech i can use hate speech.
now thats freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IN&hl=en-GB&v=lM6wtYp2o5E

:) :thumbsup:

There was one person nick named 'simplymalayalee' and he got legal notice from Tata Sky as he was posting against it! He even posted those notices but suddenly he went quite.
 
well the problem is that i own the website that exists on the web. if i was a random web user who was commenting on a website owned by someone else... i would have less reasons to worry.
 
^^^Thats true, but some 'bold' people may not realise it :)So what is the solution for site owners? Have they always have to live under pressure of getting sued from service providers?
 
with less serious threats at least.

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heh. lets try you as a blog author on indivibes.
 
Here is the latest comment from the lawyer who has been practically harassing me now:

We failed to understand the message you have posted with respect to the Freedom of Speech - We blog because we believe in Freedom of Speech. Sadly, it does not work out in real life.
Since for some reason, we are still not clear on this whole “freedom” thing, let’s try this again: We all, every single one of us has an inalienable right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, unless it infringes on another’s right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. As part of our freedoms, we are allowed to define what the Pursuit of the Happiness means for us individually.

Let’s talk about what this freedom means for a moment. Dan Carlin of the podcast Common Sens talked about recently that the right to swing my fist ends where my neighbor’s nose begins. In other words, my freedom is limited when there is direct, substantial harm to another.


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and this is when i had removed the two blocks of text on his insistence. i am not sure what he wants from me now. stop blogging? disappear from the face of the web? die?
 
In usa till 2009 summer hate specch was protected by first amendment.until the prez signs the bill tech i can use hate speech.
now thats freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IN&hl=en-GB&v=lM6wtYp2o5E

aka as the Mathew Shepard Act

However it comes with an important rider

James Dobson, founder of the socially conservative lobbying group Focus on the Family, opposed the Act, arguing that it would effectively \"muzzle people of faith who dare to express their moral and biblical concerns about homosexuality.\"

However, HR 1592 contains a \"Rule of Construction\" which specifically provides that \"Nothing in this Act...shall be construed to prohibit any expressive conduct protected from legal prohibition by, or any activities protected by the free speech or free exercise clauses of, the First Amendment to the Constitution.\"

I'm under the impression this (soon to be) Act does NOT infringe on the freedom of expression, in the US. This is a complex discussion tho maybe better off in its own thread.

move my post to a new thread called Hate crimes Act
 
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