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Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content
Suriken writes "In an unprecedented move, the New Zealand Solicitor General is seeking an indefinite prison sentence against American businessman Vince Siemer for alleged breach of an interim gag order now more than three years old. Siemer was jailed for six weeks last year for refusing to take down a Web site accusing the chairman of an energy company of suspect business practices. Because he still refuses to take down the site, NZ Solicitor-General David Collins QC wants to lock up Siemer indefinitely, merely for asserting his own free speech. From the article: 'Siemer's [defense] claims the Solicitor General's action is barred by double jeopardy. He also maintains he had long ago proven in Court that the injunction was incorrect in fact and law but that the judge simply ignored the law and evidence. He says the gag order violates his freedom of expression guarantees in these circumstances.' Here's more coverage from an NZ television station."
force is the only way to have authority.
That, or the key to the cupboard with all the cookies in it.
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
What if he claims that he does not have the means to shut the site down and tells the court they need to make a request to the service provider/administrator who does have the ability to pull the site but who also resides outside the courts jurisdiction.
I agree this is an unlikely scenario but not impossible.
An SQL query goes to a bar, walks up to a table and asks, "Mind if I join you?"