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In article <4prunk$cvb@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
Fred Moore <fmoore@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
>Well, not to throw water on the parade, but according to an NPR report
>this morning, the Court only threw out the most vague and subjective parts
>of the law. In fact, most of the law, which bans so-called "indecent"
>material, was not even challenged by the EFF and others.
>
>Just for the record, I'm not in favor of pandering explicit sexual images
>to minors; however, we're still stuck with much of the same arbitrary
>morality we always were. Furthermore, the issue of parental responsibility
>and monitoring goes unaddressed yet again.
>
>My 2 cents...
>

This is incorrect.  Read the text of the decision.  Both the "indecent" 
and "patently offensive" provisions of the law were challenged and 
"enjoined" in the overturning of the law.

The issue of parental responsibility and monitoring was addressed 
consistently and constantly throughout the trial and in the text of the 
decision.  The judges even went so far as to chastise congress for their 
blatant dismissal of proposed legislation supporting parental monitoring.

NPR has either misinterpreted the finding or you misheard the NPR 
report.  It is precisely the "indecency" provision that was challenged 
and overturned, and the "patently offensive" provisions were thrown out 
for good measure.

Perhaps they were referring to "obscenity" and child pornography.  
Neither of these were challenged by the case because they are already 
illegal under existing law.  

I've been following this case closely and working with various groups to 
get the CDA overturned (as has Matt, particularly with EFF).  You must 
have misheard the report.  If you didn't, NPR needs an immediate call to 
get their facts straight

--Gary			
																
									



>--Fred
>
>
>Matthew Gaylor (freematt@bronze.coil.com) wrote:
>: Subject: CDA IS DEFEATED!!!
>
>: The US Federal Court in Philadelphia struck down both sections of the
>: Communications Decency Act (CDA) in an unanimous 3-0 decision today
>: (6-12-96).
>
>: You may view the whole decision at:
>
>: http://www.eff.org/Alerts/HTML/960612_aclu_v_reno_decision.html
>
>: Regards, Matt-
>
>
>
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