FC: Libraries sue to overturn Vermont's harmful to minors Net-law

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Thanks to Christopher Hunter for forwarding. --Declan]

From the American Library Association:

"On February 7, 2001, a complaint was filed in the United States
District Court for the District of Vermont challenging the Vermont
harmful to minors Internet statute which is similar to those
successfully challenged in New York, New Mexico, Virginia and
Michigan."

"The plaintiffs in this action are American Booksellers Foundation For
Free Expression; American Civil
Liberties Union of Vermont; Association of American Publishers; Freedom
to Read Foundation; National Association of Recording Merchandisers;
Northshire Information, Inc.; PSINet, Inc.; Recording Industry
Association of America, Inc.; and The Sexual Health Network, Inc."




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