1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: 15 Feb 1996 18:51:00 -0500 From: David Sobel <•••@••.•••> To: Distribution <•••@••.•••> Subject: Decision in CDA “Indecency” February 15, 1996, 6:45 p.m. ET Washington, DC A federal judge in Philadelphia has issued a partial temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of the “indecency” provision of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). … Read more…
1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ For anyone who can still catch it, it is very much worthwhile to watch The News Hour with Jim Lehrer tonight, which features a “debate” between “family values” demon Cathleen Cleaver and Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. Watch Cleaver squirm and wriggle in the face of … Read more…
1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson This great news means the government will not prosecute based on the “indecency” standard for a period of 10 days. More information will be available tomorrow. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: •••@••.••• Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:58:21 -0500 Subject: UPDATE : TO ALL PLAINTIFFS We just received the Order from Judge Buckwalter … Read more…
1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 10:57:04 -0800 (PST) To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (–Todd Lappin–>) Subject: OPPOSITION: Cleaver on “Net Filth” The Communications Decency Act (CDA) did not spring forth into the world overnight. In fact, it spent almost a year kicking around the halls of Congress before President Clinton finally … Read more…
1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ I wrote: > For anyone who has an interest, I was interviewed by CNET Radio this > afternoon on the ACLU suit, on behalf of CPSR. The interview will > go live at 2:30 pm EST today at > <http://www.cnet.com/Content/radio/>. That should be 2:30 pm PST, 5:30 pm EST. –caj … Read more…
1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson This just in from the ACLU on ACLU et. al. v. Reno. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: •••@••.••• Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 15:51:13 -0500 Subject: To all Plaintiffs Last night by fax we received the government’s answer brief. We will not be making electronic copies available. In summary, their brief contains 65 … Read more…
1996-02-15 Craig A. Johnson For anyone who has an interest, I was interviewed by CNET Radio this afternoon on the ACLU suit, on behalf of CPSR. The interview will go live at 2:30 pm EST today at <http://www.cnet.com/Content/radio/>. The D.C. Chapter of CPSR also held a press conference today at which Senator Leahy spoke, along … Read more…
1996-02-14 Chris Thorman An open letter to Bob Anderson / Oklahomans for Children And Families (OCAF) Dear Mr. Anderson and members of OCAF, Last week your group announced its “campaign to eliminate pornography from the Internet. OCAF has identified the local Internet Service Provider (ISP) as the party primarily responsible for the distribution of the … Read more…
1996-02-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 Sender: samuel david winer <•••@••.•••> Subject: Telecommunications Act of 1996 (fwd) ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 From: Mita Riot Nrrrd Sen-Roy <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list MCLIS-L <•••@••.•••> Subject: Telecommunications Act of 1996 In response to numerous inquiries, we are pleased … Read more…
1996-02-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> Subject: Paranoia ———- Forwarded Message ———- From: Larry or Lynn Tunstall, INTERNET:•••@••.••• TO: John Whiting, 100707,731 DATE: 10/02/96 19:25 RE: Paranoia Here’s my paranoid fantasy of what’s going on. The Communications Decency Act was included in the TC bill for two reasons: … Read more…