On Sunday, November 30, 2014, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it> wrote:
HT a Lauren Weinstein.
juan carlos
Justices probe limits of free speech over Internet
(Chicago Sun-Times): http://politics.suntimes.com/ article/washington/justices-probe-limits-free-speech-over- internet/sun-11302014-957am
"Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent. But his wife didn't see it that way. Neither did a federal jury. Elonis, who's from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was convicted of violating a federal law that makes it a crime to threaten another person. In a far-reaching case that probes the limits of free speech over the Internet, the Supreme Court on Monday was to consider whether Elonis' Facebook posts, and others like it, deserve protection under the First Amendment."
Forse sono io che mi sbaglio, ma francamente non vedo un gran nesso tra questo caso e "Internet", non più di quanto oramai tutto sia connesso a Internet. Le domande a cui sono chiamati a rispondere i giudici sono: "It is a federal crime to “transmit[] in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing * * * any threat to injure the person of another,” 18 U.S.C. §875(c). Thequestionspresentedare: 1. Whether, as a matter of statutory interpreta- tion, conviction of threatening another person under 18 U.S.C. §875(c) requires proof of the defendant’s subjective intent to threaten. 2. Whether, consistent with the First Amendment and Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003), conviction of threatening another person requires proof of the defendant’s subjective intent to threaten; or whether it is enough to show that a “reasonable person” would regard the statement as threatening." La presenza del lato comunicativo mi pare secondario risotto alla questione chiave, che attiene alla relazione tra libertà di espressione e altri diritti / valori primari. Questione comunque interessantissima, specie da questa parte dell'oceano! Tutti i documenti del caso sono a http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/13-983.html. Ciao, Andrea -- -- I speak only for myself. Sometimes I do not even agree with myself. Keep it in mind. Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro