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RE: Is free speech dead? - 11/5/2007 8:34:29 PM

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ORIGINAL: batshalom

The damages are ... eh ... probably a slow painful trip down Semantics Lane. I've been there and quite frankly it bores the hell out of me. The damages were determined by the jury and are named in the story, awarded to the plaintiff, and so are now moot.

well I was just curious since the nsa can tap any phone without a warrant, ATT and many other corporations were recording peoples phone calls and turning them over to the fbi.

i mean the only damages i could see was invasion of privacy which the government does all the time.

i mean if ATT tapped my conversations i would be emotionally distressed too.

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RE: Is free speech dead? - 11/5/2007 9:30:31 PM

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Now you're just mixing shit up, confusing everyone.

Your point is, "Why can't we sue AT&T for damages caused?"

It's unnecessary, as they can be found guilty of the criminal penalties, AND THE FINES WOULD REQUIRE THE DISSOLUTION OF AT&T!

Under Section 222 of the Communications Act, first passed in 1934, telephone companies are prohibited from giving out information regarding their customers' calling habits: whom a person calls, how often and what routes those calls take to reach their final destination. Inbound calls, as well as wireless calls, also are covered.

The Federal Communications Commission, the nation's top telecommunications regulatory agency, can levy fines of up to $130,000 per day per violation, with a cap of $1.325 million per violation. The FCC has no hard definition of "violation." In practice, that means a single "violation" could cover one customer or 1 million.

So what's 1.325 million * the number of people whose traffic is transiting AT&Ts network?

Yup. Out of business. It's no surprise they're lobbing for retroactive immunity.

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