Tweet worth $ 1500
Surely in the expanses of the fatherland there is no person who believes in the freedom of speech and self-expression. That is, I am not trying to provoke anyone, it’s just that “realizment” is peculiar to us much more than representatives of Western countries.
So Paul Chambers, according to The Register , probably didn’t think about the consequences when he wrote this phrase on Twitter: “Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got to have a shit! ”(Free translation: Shit! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got a little more than a week to clean up your gaddy otherwise I will blow the fucking airport). It would seem nothing special.
It seemed. Until such time as the court found the hapless Englishman guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $ 1,500. Judge Jonathan Bennett described the phrase with a maximum length of 140 characters as “a formidable character in the context of the time in which we live.” The English The Telegraph writes that "district judge Bennett found the defendant guilty of transmitting the message electronically, which was offensive / obscene / threatening and contrary to the 2003 Telecommunications Act."
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Oddly enough, this chambers misadventures are not over. He is not only obliged to pay a fine, but also lost his job due to his criminal record and is thinking about filing an appeal, even though it is unlikely to change the current state of affairs, because no country in the world protects a person who has suffered as a result of his own intention damage. Let fictional.
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So Paul Chambers, according to The Register , probably didn’t think about the consequences when he wrote this phrase on Twitter: “Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got to have a shit! ”(Free translation: Shit! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got a little more than a week to clean up your gaddy otherwise I will blow the fucking airport). It would seem nothing special.
It seemed. Until such time as the court found the hapless Englishman guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $ 1,500. Judge Jonathan Bennett described the phrase with a maximum length of 140 characters as “a formidable character in the context of the time in which we live.” The English The Telegraph writes that "district judge Bennett found the defendant guilty of transmitting the message electronically, which was offensive / obscene / threatening and contrary to the 2003 Telecommunications Act."
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Oddly enough, this chambers misadventures are not over. He is not only obliged to pay a fine, but also lost his job due to his criminal record and is thinking about filing an appeal, even though it is unlikely to change the current state of affairs, because no country in the world protects a person who has suffered as a result of his own intention damage. Let fictional.
via RWW
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/93372/
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