By national political writer Simon Kearney

Forwarding an email to friends, family or colleagues without permission from the sender is illegal from today and could result in severe penalties.
New laws set out maximum penalties of five years jail or fines of $60,000.
The illegality stems from breaching the copyright held by the person who originally wrote the email.
An estimated five million or more emails are forwarded each day around the nation.
Attourney-General Daryl Williams QC has warned Australians that they could be breaking the law, if they continue to forward emails from today.
"It's quite possible that the forwarding of an e-mail could be a technical infringement of copyright" Mr Williams' legal adviser told The Sunday Telegraph.
"E-mailing something is a 'communication' under the Digital Agenda Act and so is putting something up on a website."
The new measures cover material which already has copyright protection- such as exerpts from books or song lyrics- as well as personal messages.
This means a simple message about office gossip, holiday plans or a new romance carries personal copyright and the recipient has no right to forward it without permission.
An e-mail sex scandal erupted in Britain last year when London lawyer Bradley Chait forwarded a personal e-mail from his girlfriend, Claire Swire, to six friends, who in turn forwarded the e-mail to others.
The e-mail, which described his sexual prowess, eventually made its way around the world and led to the lawyer being severely disiplined by his employer.
Internet Industry Association executive director Peter Coroneos said forwarding e-mail had probably always involved a technical breach of copyright, adding: "It's a matter of whether the authors themselves are likely to be concerned".
He urged people sending e-mail to spell out whether they gave permission for the content to be forwarded to others.

- The Sunday Telegraph, Australia, 4-3-01

Ah ha! Now all those evil forward senders will pay for their crimes! Just in case you're worried- feel free to forward my particular forward all over the damn world! And if you've made it to the end of this, you've proved to be a true devotee of the F.F.F.F.F. cause! Congratulations!