[IP] Judge Throws Out Internet Blocking Law

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Richard Forno <rforno@infowarrior.org>
Date: March 22, 2007 9:26:23 AM EDT
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Cc: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Judge Throws Out Internet Blocking Law

Judge Throws Out Internet Blocking Law
Thursday March 22, 9:24 am ET
By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Writer

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070322/internet_blocking.html?.v=3

Judge Tosses Law That Makes It a Crime for Web Sites to Let Kids Access
'Harmful' Material

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal judge on Thursday threw out a 1998 law  
that
makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to let children  
access
"harmful" material.

In the ruling, the judge said parents can protect their children through
software filters and other means that do not limit the rights of  
others to
free speech.




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