[Reader-list] Re: Indian blogger gets a (hilarious) legal notice from Arindam Chaudhuri's IIPM

[Rahul Asthana]

Hi All,
I do not think freedom of speech is the issue
here.Gaurav Sabnis has made it clear that he was not
asked to resign.No authority or agency of the
government has tried to censor him. (I am trying not
to judge Gaurav here, but I am not sure if his
resigning was a good decision for anyone.)
IMHO,The issue or the spotlight here is on law
enforcement, if anything. And that issue is general,
not specific to blogging or internet. The people who
indirectly threatened Gaurav and defamed Rashmi should
be brought to book.The only legal issue specific to
blogging is that whether people can be tracked and
made accountable to what they write over the internet
and whether there are legal provisions that adequately
take care of this sort of offence.The threatening
phone calls made to IBM would certainly be cognisable
as a legal offence, I would think.But if IBM,Gaurav or
Rashmi dont seek redress from law then there is little
anyone else can do about it.
regards
Rahul
--- Albert Krishna Ali <aka at zestgroups.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> It's not funny anymore. Gaurav Sabnis has had to
> resign from his job
> as a result, and through pro-IIPM comment spam on
> blogs, anonymous
> people have been posting all sorts of filthy,
> malicious stuff about
> Rashmi Bansal (JAM editor and blogger), Gaurav
> Sabnis and others
> supporting the issue. The blogosphere has come
> together to support
> Gaurav and Rashmi. It turns out that JAM too had
> been served a legal
> notice, which is fine, but e-stalking and sexually
> charged abuses and
> spreading lies about people's academic and personal
> lives - all this
> is not done.
> 
> All those of you who believe hat censorship is not a
> done thing, must
> do something more than just believing. Follow the
> issue with
> continuous updates here:
>
http://www.desipundit.com/2005/10/08/lies-damned-lies-and-fake-blogs/
> 
> Please urge your journo friends to give the issue
> press coverage,
> which is very difficult considering that IIPM gives
> full page ads in
> the papers and its owner, Arindam Chaudhuri, is
> regularly invited as a
> panelist on news channels.
> 
> In whatever way you can, SPEAK on this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Albert Krishna Ali
> 
> On 10/9/05, Albert Krishna Ali <aka at zestgroups.net>
> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Mumbai-based blogger Gaurav Sabnis has been served
> a legal notice, via
> > email, by the Indian Institute of Planning and
> Managment:
> >
>
http://gauravsabnis.blogspot.com/2005/10/im-disconnecting-my-cable-connection.html
> >
> > Unknown bloggers have sprung up to 'attack' JAM
> editor Rashmi Bansal:
> >
>
http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/2005/10/lies-damned-lies-and-fake-blogs.html
> >
> > More details and a call to arms at:
> >
>
http://www.desipundit.com/2005/10/08/lies-damned-lies-and-fake-blogs/
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