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IP: library censorware trial starts today
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:53:09 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt () coil com> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:39:22 -0500 To: dave () farber net Subject: library censorware trial starts today Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:18:04 -0800 To: list-peacefire-broadcast () osiris 978 org From: Bennett Haselton <bennett () peacefire org> Subject: library censorware trial starts today The trial over the Children's Internet Protect Act begins tomorrow in Philadelphia, where a coalition including the American Civil Liberties Union, People For the American Way, and several libraries, will ask the courts to overturn the law requiring libraries to install blocking software or lose federal funding. The Children's Internet Protection Act, despite the name, also applies when adults are using library computers, although the requirements for what the software has to block are less stringent when adults are using the computers. ("Obscenity" and "child pornography" have to be blocked for adults; these plus material considered "harmful to minors" has to be blocked for users under 18.) An HTML-ified version of the law is at: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/legal/001218cipa.html The expert reports being used by witnesses testifying against the law, include much of the material cited on the Peacefire.org site. It's been gratifying over the years to have respected lobbying organizations and public policy groups come to us for information, and I hope the information we provide will be able to make the ultimate difference here. News about the trial: http://www.nbnn.com/news/02/175388.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000021535mar25.story?coll=la%2Dhead lines%2Dbusiness http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020325/wr_nm/tech_ internet_porn_dc_7 -Bennett ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt () coil com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ ************************************************************************** ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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