IP: Librarians get censorware along with Internet cash

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 09:31:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>








http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/article/0,2334,13871,00.html


TIME.com / The Netly News
June 30, 1998


   Libraries Get Censorware Along With Internet Cash
   By Declan McCullagh (declan () well com)


   Librarians have long been known as the most valiant defenders of the
   First Amendment. They are also competent lobbyists, who managed to get
   the FCC to ante up $1.25 billion for Internet hookups. Now
   conservatives in Congress are offering librarians a terrible choice:
   No federal money at all, or federal money with censorship strings
   attached.


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