So true, so true. Where on earth does the Government get the idea that they have the obligation or for that matter, the right to play parent. *sigh* Chris ---------- From: Ludwig von Drakenberg III[SMTP:drake@servidor.dgsca.unam.mx] Sent: Monday, February 26, 1996 1:19 AM To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: CDA Strikes. Read this in http://www.zippo.com/editor.htm.
So what's the plan....man ?
So the CDA has come to pass and we need to move on. People will test the constitutionality of bits and pieces of the Telecom Law, a conservative supreme court will find the law valid, or refuse to review it. Things will never be the same. For those who think they will be, or the for the" Don't worry, President Clinton won't enforce the law" crowd, Friday marked the first arrest under the new law. They picked an unsympathetic figure, twice before convicted child pornographer, and got him for illegal data transmission over the Internet.
Next time it won't be such an unsympathetic figure. It will be some ISP, minding their own business, not knowing they have a user that didn't read the rules. They'll spend a year in federal court, defending their postion based on not knowing they comitted a crime. In the end, they will win, but they'll be broke, and out of the business. Won't happen to large providers, too political, and they have the resources to do all of the CDA compliance window decorating.
-- Ludwig von Drakenberg III God *is* the dice of the universe. drake@servidor.unam.mx My goddess gave birth to your god. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM Fuck the CDA -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6 mQCNAzExbCgAAAEEAONJqT5AeaOg29oT2WXzpgkMQ/BxZXCiduJsOAWRRIPlkOQc 7RN2ooQKJmvHamhoaXktoIbmpK3fkPoEt4OONDtncmOKQKKKl9BgifUW9lO1msRp W0WIGZ9wTlX/1j6RTcdAEEWqWlBi4xz8A7a3MJdoIANPOV1Zs6HEQwyN9No5AAUR tCpFZHVhcmRvIEVzY2FsYW50ZSA8ZHJha2VAc2Vydmlkb3IudW5hbS5teD4= =nmxM -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----