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LordofSatire lordofsatire@gmail.com
CEASE AND DESIST -- Your Legal Notice to CEASE inciting harassment
6 July, 2015 at 21:06
WJJ Hoge hogewash@wjjhoge.com, Sarah A scorchedashes@outlook.com, davidedgren@gmail.com, brainsrfood@gmail.com,
brainsreinstein@gmail.com

Ladies and gentlemen, it has become increasingly clear that the main purpose of your blogs is to harass me. I invite you to examine the two
applicable Maryland laws with me,
3-803. Harassment

(a) Prohibited. -- A person may not follow another in or about a public place or maliciously engage in a course of conduct that alarms or
seriously annoys the other:
(1) with the intent to harass, alarm, or annoy the other;
(2) after receiving a reasonable warning or request to stop by or on behalf of the other; and
(3) without a legal purpose.
(b) Exception. -- This section does not apply to a peaceable activity intended to express a political view or provide information to others.
(c) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:
(1) for a first offense, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $ 500 or both; and
(2) for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment not exceeding 180 days or a fine not exceeding $ 1,000 or both.
NOTE! IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT MY NOT READING YOUR WEBSITES!!! It says if you engage in a course of conduct that alarms or
seriously annoys me, with the intent to harass alarm or annoy, after getting a reasonable order to stop and without a legal purpose, YOU ARE
HARASSING ME!
3-805. Misuse of electronic communication or interactive computer service.

(a) Definitions. -(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Electronic communication" means the transmission of information, data, or a communication by the use of a computer or any other
electronic means that is sent to a person and that is received by the person.
(3) "Interactive computer service" means an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer
access by multiple users to a computer server, including a system that provides access to the Internet and cellular phones.
(b) Prohibited. -(1) A person may not maliciously engage in a course of conduct, through the use of electronic communication, that alarms or seriously
annoys another:
(i) with the intent to harass, alarm, or annoy the other;
(ii) after receiving a reasonable warning or request to stop by or on behalf of the other; and
(iii) without a legal purpose.
(2) A person may not use an interactive computer service to maliciously engage in a course of conduct that inflicts serious emotional distress
on a minor or places a minor in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury with the intent:
(i) to kill, injure, harass, or cause serious emotional distress to the minor; or
(ii) to place the minor in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.
(c) Construction of section. -- It is not a violation of this section for any of the following persons to provide information, facilities, or technical
assistance to another who is authorized by federal or State law to intercept or provide electronic communication or to conduct surveillance of
electronic communication, if a court order directs the person to provide the information, facilities, or technical assistance:
(1) a provider of electronic communication;
(2) an officer, employee, agent, landlord, or custodian of a provider of electronic communication; or

(2) an officer, employee, agent, landlord, or custodian of a provider of electronic communication; or

(3) a person specified in a court order directing the provision of information, facilities, or technical assistance to another who is authorized by
federal or State law to intercept or provide electronic communication or to conduct surveillance of electronic communication.
(d) Exception. -- Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to a peaceable activity intended to express a political view or provide
information to others.
(e) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year
or a fine not exceeding $ 500 or both.
NOTE: THIS STATUTE ALSO SAYS NOTHING ABOUT MY HAVING TO BE DIRECTLY CONTACTED IN ORDER TO BE HARASSED. I
HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO LOOK AT YOUR WEBSITES. I DO SO, BECAUSE THATS HOW I KEEP TABS ON WHAT THE LATEST LIE
BEING TOLD ABOUT ME IS.
You are hereby on notice that henceforth, any post, any comment, any image that I legitimately feel to be harassing in nature will be reported
to law enforcement. This has the most immediate impact on Mr. Hoge, who apparently thinks he is skirting the issue by throwing red meat to
his jackals and then allowing them to do the ripping for him. That will not aid him in the prosecution of these laws.
THE RULES:
If you run a blog, moderate your comments to ensure that your commenters are not breaking the law.
If am not a public person. I live a private life. My life is none of your business.
Anything written about me henceforth will be held to strict standards of VERIFIABLE TRUTHFULNESS. As the moderators of your blogs, you
are not considered to be internet service providers under CDA 230. You are NOT Internet Service Providers. You are Information Content
Providers and are not protected by CDA 230.
"Under the CDA, the term information content provider means any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the
creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service. 47 U.S.C. 230(f)
(3). The CDA does not protect internet content providers from responsibility for the content they transmit through the web. See,
e.g., Hy Cite Corp. v. Badbusinessbureau.com, 418 F.Supp.2d 1142, 1146, 114849 (D.Ariz.2005) (allegations that defendant produced
original content and editorials and created titles to the defamatory reports posted by users of the website were sufficient to survive
motion to dismiss).
There are two ways we can proceed. You can either obey the law, cease from publishing defamatory, inciting, fighting words and the like, or
we can see what the courts say.
This is your only notice. Please indicate that you have received this message and whether or not you intend to comply with the law.
Bill Schmalfeldt.