Oh! Wait! One More: Senate Panel Warns Internet Porn Vendors

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

When, oh when, will the lawmakers in the United States figure
out that U.S. laws don't apply to "The Internet" outside of its
borders? I'm all for protecting children from porn as next as the
next person (I have children, and grand-children), but this is not
the way to go about doing it.

Via InfoWorld.

[snip]

The U.S. Congress will pass new regulations to keep sexually explicit content on the Internet away from minors if the 
adult industry doesn't do more to police itself, several senators warned Thursday.

Senator Ted Stevens, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, told a lawyer for the adult 
industry that sexually themed Web sites need to create their own ratings system, much like movies and video games are 
rated. "Tell your clients, they'd better do it soon, or it'll be mandated," Stevens said.

[snip]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/19/74621_HNsenateporn_1.html

*sigh*

- ferg


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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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