IP: Right out the box

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

> From: "Meeks, Brock" <Brock.Meeks () MSNBC COM>
> To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: Right out the box
> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:26:21 -0800
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>
> The newly minted Bush administration's resolve to take on controversial and
> dicey technology issues will be tested right out the box:  today the ACLU
> announced they will mount a legal challenge to the mandatory Internet
> filtering bill that passed as a rider on the larger budget bill.
>
> The bill requires all schools and libraries that accept federal funds to
> install so-called "blocking" software on all Internet capable computers.
>
> The Bush Justice Department will have to defend the bill in court.  It's
> doomed, of course, given the strong precedents of Reno v. ACLU and the
> Loudoun country library decision of 1998 that deemed such filtering was
> unconstitutional; that case also was litigated by the ACLU.
>
> Welcome to Washington, Mr. Bush... enjoy your four year stay...



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