MillyFan wrote:However some people (hehe, you know who I'm talking about, the member who used to have the counterpart to my avatar in his banner ~.^) would need to change their signatures at once if the FBI came around here.
The legal definition of harassment according to Black's Law Dictionary is:
"A course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose" or "words, gestures, and actions which tend to annoy, alarm and abuse (verbally) another person."
Cases that DO NOT constitute harassment:
* Someone who simply disagrees with you, however strongly or unpleasantly.
* Someone who sends you a single e-mail that is not blatantly threatening.
* Spam, even though it is very annoying.
* Messages posted to any open arena, such as newsgroups, message boards, or forums or chat rooms, unless they are forged to appear to have come from you or contain direct threats or libelous statements.
* Information posted on a website.
Cases that DO constitute harassment:
* Repeated communication via e-mail or an instant messaging program after the harasser has been clearly told to stop.
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