IP: GOP legislators: Save the Net smut law!

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

> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
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> [html of brief attached]
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> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20813.html
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>                      GOP: Save the Net Smut Law
>                      by Declan McCullagh
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>                      12:15 p.m.  19.Jul.99.PDT
>                      WASHINGTON -- Claiming online
>                      pornography is a "serious problem," five
>                      prominent members of Congress have
>                      asked a federal appeals court to uphold a
>                      law that makes it a crime to post sexually
>                      explicit images online. 
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>                      The 28-page amicus brief, submitted
>                      Monday, says Congress intended the
>                      Child Online Protection Act -- the
>                      successor to the Communications
>                      Decency Act -- to address "the dire
>                      situation" of tens of thousands of
>                      pornographic Web sites that both adults
>                      and children can easily visit. 
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>                      [...]