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IP: more on Exon proposal and NYT
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 14:15:02 -0500
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 95 14:09:10 EST From: rick () cra org (Rick Weingarten) Contrary to what you may have seen in an article today on the front page of the New York Times, many the public interest community have certainly not agreed to the currently negotiated language, which, as it is written, still constitutes a significant 1st Amendment threat to education, libraries and community information services. In fact, I know of no public interest group other than CDT that has signed on to the latest proposed language, and that includes library and higher ed associations, as well as civil liberties groups. The statement in the article that the revised criminal penalties provisions are preferable to the original Exon language is questionable. The industry likely finds it preferable because it includes Cox-Wyden language regarding liability immunity for filtering. It is true, as far as I can tell, that the proposedl has been presented as a "take it or leave it" compromise that will be passed by the conference committee on Tuesday and that the information service industry have evidently signed on. Rick Weingarten
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