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Contempt for communicating a message (by whatever means) is not the same as forcing to lie.
by pekk 13y ago
Contempt for communicating a message (by whatever means) is not the same as forcing to lie.
- mokus 13y agoDoes it make any difference that at the time the communication was committed to, the gag order was not in effect?
- mpyne 13y agoGiven that the whole point of the commitment to the communication was to evade a future gag order, I'm not sure what to tell you. It does sound like immovable object meets irresistable force, but it's a Catch-22 of the "cypherpunk's" own making. The court can't compel you to lie. The court can compel you to not communicate about a gag order, and enforce that with contempt of court. So if you don't choose to "lie" (since again, we all understand the purpose of the communication is not as a factual statement but rather to signal whether a gag order is received) they can still hold you accountable for it.