[OPLINLIST] FYI: Pennsylvania Court Decision on Blocking Internet Sites
Frank Atkinson
franka@ohcapcon.com
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:50:53 -0400
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Not specifically libraries but many of the same issues.
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US JUDGE REJECTS LAW TO BLOCK CHILD PORN ON WEB
Judge Jan Dubois of the U.S. court for the Eastern District of =
Pennsylvania
ruled Friday that a Pennsylvania law allowing the state to force =
Internet
service providers to block access to child pornography sites is
unconstitutional because technology used to block the sites would also
prevent users from accessing sites that had nothing to do with child
pornography. The decision could set a national precedent on Internet
regulation, said John Morris, staff counsel for the Center for Democracy =
and
Technology, a Washington-based advocacy group that brought the suit =
against
Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert. Morris said the attorney
general's office secretly issued orders during 2002 and 2003 that told
Internet providers to block access to Web server computers that hosted =
about
400 child porn sites. In the course of implementing the Internet Child
Pornography Act, passed in 2002, the providers were forced to deny =
access to
over 1 million other sites that were legitimate, he said.
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Jon Hurdle]
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=3DinternetNews
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=3DinternetNews&storyID=3D6=
208727>
&storyID=3D6208727
See also:
Pennsylvania Internet Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional
http://www.cdt.org/
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franka@ohcapcon.com
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Not specifically =
libraries
but many of the same issues…</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>US JUDGE REJECTS =
LAW TO
BLOCK CHILD PORN ON </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier =
New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>WEB</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Judge Jan Dubois of =
the </span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>U.S.</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
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court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled Friday that a =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>Pennsylvania</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
law allowing the state to force Internet service providers to block =
access to
child pornography sites is unconstitutional because technology used to =
block
the sites would also prevent users from accessing sites that had nothing =
to do
with child pornography. The decision could set a national precedent on =
Internet
regulation, said John Morris, staff counsel for the Center for Democracy =
and
Technology, a Washington-based advocacy group that brought the suit =
against
Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert. Morris said the attorney =
general's
office secretly issued orders during 2002 and 2003 that told Internet =
providers
to block access to Web server computers that hosted about 400 child porn =
sites.
In the course of implementing the Internet Child Pornography Act, passed =
in
2002, the providers were forced to deny access to over 1 million other =
sites
that were legitimate, he said.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[SOURCE: Reuters, =
AUTHOR:
Jon Hurdle] <a
href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=3DinternetNews&=
storyID=3D6208727">http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=3Dintern=
etNews&storyID=3D6208727</a></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>See =
also:</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Pennsylvania =
Internet Law
Struck Down as Unconstitutional <a =
href=3D"http://www.cdt.org/">http://www.cdt.org/</a></span></font></p>
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