[OPLINLIST] FW: [FTRF-L:2671] articles on DOPA

[Kent Oliver]

FYI, Kent

Kent Oliver, Executive Director
Stark County District Library
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Kelley [mailto:jokelley at ala.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 12:29 PM
To: Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustees
Subject: [FTRF-L:2671] articles on DOPA


Deleting Online Predators Act (H.R. 5319) passed on July 26, 2006, by a
vote of 410-15.  

The fifteen congressmen who voted against it can be found at the ALA
Washington Office's site:

http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washnews/2006ndx/076jul27.htm 

Here are a few articles about the passage:

New York Times
TECHNOLOGY | July 27, 2006
Chat rooms could face expulsion
Declan McCullagh, for News.com
The House overwhelmingly OKs a bill that could shut MySpace, Amazon and
other Web giants out of schools and libraries.
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1028_3-6099414.html?ex=1154750400&
en=3bd8f132b9148451&ei=5070&emc=eta1 

Library Journal http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6357145.html 

ALA press release
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/july2006/DOPApasseshouse.htm 

Blog posting at YALSA:
http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=dopa_thought&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

and librarian.net:
http://www.librarian.net/stax/1806

The Center for Democracy & Technology says:
"The bill appoints the Federal Communications Commission as the arbiter
of what can and cannot be accessed in libraries around the country,
meaning that for the first time, the federal government would be getting
into the business of evaluating and screening wholly lawful Internet
content."

The bill could face a vote in the US Senate as early as next week.



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