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Article #2108Re: PGP on Trivial Posts -- Who The Hell Cares?
From: Georges Plimpton
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 00:00
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nils@cs.dartmouth.edu (Nils Nieuwejaar) wrote: >> The laws that they >> want to apply to Internet are existing laws that cover >> telephones, television, radio, etc. > >Not quite. The current laws regarding telephones, TV, and radio are >limited to 'obscenity'. The Exon amendment extends these laws to >restrict 'indecent' speech via telephone, modem, and computer network. >There is a fairly clear definition of obscenity (although it relies on >'community standards' which don't have much relevance on the net), but >I'm not aware of any legal definition of 'indecent'. Furthermore, the >Supreme Court has ruled the 'obscenity' is illegal, but 'indecency' is >protected by the first amendment. Furthermore, current laws cover BROADCAST media. I wouldn't consider even the usenet a broadcast medium. To use it one needs to do more than just turn their computer on. They need to seek it out......by the Exon standards, they be banning Adult Bookstores! -- ===================================================== TV is poison. UNPLUG IT!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1130cb,18c11fbad36e00cd X-Google-Attributes: gid1130cb,public X-Google-Thread: 10675b,18c11fbad36e00cd X-Google-Attributes: gid10675b,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,18c11fbad36e00cd X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-Thread: f8b06,18c11fbad36e00cd X-Google-Attributes: gidf8b06,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,18c11fbad36e00cd X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public From: Georges Plimpton <dumela@cnct.com> Subject: Re: PGP on Trivial Posts -- Who The Hell Cares? Date: 1995/06/19 Message-ID: <3s2q46$9k2@mars.cnct.com> X-Deja-AN: 104771161 references: <DABqxD.xz@world.std.com> <JBARNETT.95Jun17120558@inferno.WPI.EDU> <fringeDACHED.B3F@netcom.com>,<3s0jjt$sru@crl2.crl.com> <3s40oe$73d@worf.qntm.com>,<NILS.95Jun19114038@sparrowhawk.dartmouth.edu> <3s49df$cgp@worf.qntm.com> <NILS.95Jun19133530@sparrowhawk.dartmouth.edu> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: The Connection (201)435-4000, (212)376-5141 mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: ne.general,la.general,ba.general,nh.general,nyc.general x-mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit)