IMPORTANT: Notice To All Attending, Legal Matters Stuff

Edit 11/05/08

WE CAN USE THE WORLD CULT!!!1

Edit 04/06/2008

As far as is known, we are legally allowed to flyer. Untill I recieve official reponce from BCC, I recomend that anons do not flyer in the free lit consent zones.

Fines are being contested, and will be fought through court proceedings if necessary.

Edit 02/06/2008

http://z9.invisionfree.com/Brumanon/index.php?showtopic=407

Edit 31/05/2008

OK! I'm ringing the police to get precise clarification of this on Monday. Also I'm contesting the fines. Also, prepare for epic lulz regarding this coming soon.

As far as this info goes it's only Brum Anon affected. All Anon at Protest will be classed as Brum Anon.

Until further notice:

1. We have been told we may not flier inside Birmingham City Inner Ring Road i.e. City Centre. We have been told we may flier outside it, places such as Broad Street and Brindley Place (which are, incidently, just the other side of the library). This is down to a statement from an enviroment enforcement officer who has given fine notices to some anons.I would advise that any anon wishsing to flyer goes with a group to brindley place, or broad street, and hands out flyers like crazy.

[We are going to contest the fines. We will let you know the outcome and the legal standpoint at the end of it.]

2. We can use the word cult! Lets get it on every sign if possible.

3. It has been advised not to get too close to/not to talk to the scientologists. They have been phoning up the police about harassment. Inform the public all you want but be wary.

4. Use of megaphones/Loudhailers is prohibited within Birmingham City Centre untill further notice. We advise that you don't use them at all, if you do then it's at your own risk. Note that boom boxes and small portable speakers are not megaphones/loudhailers.

If you do choose to ignore any of these, which you absolutely are free to do, it is at your own risk.

You have now been informed of the legal situations. Whether or not you to comply with these requests is entirely up to you as individuals.

You may be informed of this by an Anon volunteering as a Protest Marshall should you do any of these things.

It will most likely be recorded by a marshal to show your choice. As stated before, if you ignore these points you do so entirely at your own risk.

Thank you for your time.

TL;DR

1. You can use the word cult! It's official
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2. Keep flyering to broad street

3. Don't chat to Scientologists or get too close if you can help it. Use a bit of common sense judgement.

4. Do not use Megaphones/Loudhailers. Use something else instead.[B][SIZE=7]

Fuckit. Is it just us, or are the other UK Anon affected too?

don't know,if this is for all anon but this was what a police officer told us, who also complied that the PC who we inform of our actions didn't tell him we would be there.

So the law varies, depending on the officer present?

That does somewhat seem to be the case here, we're looking to see what we can use atm.

*anonymitts looks for signs of Stalin, Mussolini, Franco, Hitler reincarnated and running the country

This is the thing, it wasn't the officer that fined us, it was a guy from the enviroment enforcement thingy. The copper was there to just check who we are.

The second officer was responding to complaints of harassment and religious hatred.

What about speakers for music?

As long as the noise doesn't go 10 decibels above the ambient is what I've found so far, still checking up though.

What if I said "Cult in my opinion"?

If not, we're pretty bollocksed.

I think we should be fine

Fuck it

I was going to phone BCC tomorrow, and badger them to give you guys an answer on the leaflets tomorrow.

instead I think I'll slap in a complaint about human rights violations.

Did anyone point out to the copper who told you not to use the word cult that Liberty was considering climbing all over CoL police after the CPS decided there was no case to answer in London?

he hammered out that we'd be arrested when I tried, so I'll let him find that out.

This really ruins the cause.
Without flyers, most Birmingham pedestrians will forget about us, or not understand us anyway.
I'd love to come to Sea Arrrgh but I think it's looking much less likely now with these limitations - it's everything that made FairGameStop depress me, turned up to eleven.

Cheer up guys. We're not gonna just give up like this are we!? If we're not allowed to do something, we find a way around it or find some other way to get our message out. Could we get balloons with stuff printed on them? Kids love balloons. If kids see them, they'll want one then our message will be taken around with them. It's like getting the public to help us out without knowing it.