President Clinton won't enforce the law" crowd, Friday
marked the first arrest
under the new law. They picked an unsympathetic figure,
twice befo re
convicted child pornographer, and got him for illegal data
ssion over
the Internet.
Next time it won't be such an unsympathetic figure. It
will be som e ISP,
minding their own business, not knowing they have a user
't read the
rules. They'll spend a year in federal court, defending
This article is incorrect in at least two ways. First, last week the U.S. Government signed a legally binding contract saying they won't prosecute anyone under the CDA until the hearings are over. This relates to both the indeceny or "patently offensive" provisions -- *and* the DoJ has said they won't even *initiate* investigations. Second, *if* the law is upheld, the DoJ's first, and second, and third, choices of plaintiffs will be unpopular figures that will play well on the evening news. The U.S. understands the value of divide-and-conquer. At the same time, a court challenge will be easier if someone is actually prosecuted... -Declan Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 26-Feb-96 CDA Strikes. by Ludwig von D. III@servid transmi that didn their post
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