1996-02-10 Craig A. Johnson Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:54:15 GMT From: •••@••.••• Subject: ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update: 02/09/96 —————————————————————- February 9, 1996 ACLU CYBER-LIBERTIES UPDATE A bi-weekly e-zine on cyber-liberties cases and controversies at the state and federal level. —————————————————————- IN THIS ISSUE: *Litigation Update on ACLU v. Reno *Thanks to All Who Offered Themselves … Read more…
1996-02-10 Craig A. Johnson Todd Lappin, Staff Editor, WIRED magazine, has written a very useful and incisive overview of the First Amendment issues surrounding the “indecency” provisions. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 12:27:21 -0800 (PST) To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (–Todd Lappin–>) Subject: BRIEFING: Supreme Court Precedents In light of yestderday’s enactment of the … Read more…
1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson The lead editorial in today’s New York Time is a welcome show of support to the ACLU court challenge of the “indecency” provisions of the telecom act. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ (Excerpt) The New York Times, Friday, February 9, 1996 FIXING COMMUNICATIONS LAW “First Amendment advocates rushed into court yesterday to block the … Read more…
1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson A first-rate summary of some of the sticky issues of the bill other than censorship. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 10:45:03 -0600 From: •••@••.••• Subject: Telecom Post #21 ==================================================== ################ ############# ################ ## # ## ############# ## ### # ### ### # # # ## # ### ### ## … Read more…
1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson With the passage of the “indecency” regulations, small to medium sized ISPs may well find themselves at sea in trying to interpret and come into compliance with the law. , the call to treat ISPs as common carriers with regard to content has gained new currency with the passage of the … Read more…
1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson With the passage of the “indecency” regulations, small to medium sized Internet service providers (ISPs) may well find themselves at sea trying to interpret and come into compliance with the law. Somewhat ironically, the call to regulate ISPs in a manner similar to “common carriers” has arisen again with the passage … Read more…
1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 19:39:44 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: ClariNet files suit over Communications Decency law From: http://www.clari.net/suitpage.html ClariNet files suit over Communications Decency law ClariNet, along with several other electronic publishing companies and organizations, have filed suit against the Attorney General to get the newly … Read more…
1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson The ACLU will go to court today after the President signs the telecom bill (11:00 AM EST) in order to seek a temporary restraining order against the “indecency” provisions of the act. A press release and packet will be available at the ACLU Web site — <http://www.aclu.org>. CPSR’s Web site will … Read more…
1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 06:23:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cr> ACLU seeks restraining order The American Reporter will be going into Federal court at about 10:30 a.m. EST this morning in New York to seek injunctive relief from the Communications Decency Act after having published … Read more…
1996-02-08 Henry Huang Just in time for the lawsuit, the CR Web Page has finally been updated. Mostly minor changes; the biggest difference is the addition of a new page to track the CDA lawsuits. Plus some temporary aesthetic changes to conform to the VTW’s black-out campaign, and the EFF’s Blue Ribbon Campaign. -H ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ … Read more…