IP: More about CyberPatrol

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

> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:25:09 -0500
> To: david farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Karen Ellis <guavaberry () earthlink net>
>
>
> More about CyberPatrol
>             Software that blocks blocking software from blocking websites
> children should not see is blocked by a judge's court injunction as free
> speech advocates would like to block that decision by the judge.  The
> software may not be distributed by the producing online business or its
> employees or by mirror sites.  The software was target marketed to
> children as a means of overriding parental invocation of childproofing
> filtering software on internet access by children on home computers.
> Are we witnessing an internet version of a block party?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> David Dillard
> Temple University
>
> Source: New York Times (NYT)
> Author: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> Title: Software Injunction Issued
> Source Date: March 17, 2000
> Resource Type: News Article
> Description/Keywords: Children, Internet Access, Blocking/Filtering
> Software, Overriding Software, Sales, Court Injunction, Prohibition
> URL: Listed Below Article Summary
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> March 17, 2000
> Software Injunction Issued
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> BOSTON --
> A federal judge Friday ordered a halt to the distribution of
> a computer program that allows children to bypass Csoftware designed to
> keep them away from Internet pornography.
> Microsystems Software Inc. of Framingham,
> which sells the widely used "Cyber Patrol"
> filtering software, sued two computer experts
> who distributed the bypassing software via the
> Internet. The software, called "cphack," also
> discloses a list of sites that are blocked by the
> Cyber Patrol program.
>
> "The practical effect is that ... children may bypass their parents'
> efforts to screen out inappropriate materials on the Internet," according
> to the filing made this week.
>
> Free speech advocates criticized the company's move to block
> distribution of the software.
>
> Check My Articles on Database Searching on CyberPlayground by Clicking
> on Ringleaders and Then My Name at the CyberPlayground Website:
> http://www.Edu-CyberPG.com/
> Full Story May Be Read At:
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/03/biztech/articles/18decency.html