Gemini Thunder sez:
This is a big question for me. How does the fact that the same exact information, when stored on magnetic media, cause it to lose its freedom of press protection?
You must understand that the USG faces a VERY big hurtle in attempting to ban the book. Books have a history; one as old as the Founding Fathers, older than the country and the Constitution, of being protected. In fact, this extends to other printed material; i.e newspapers. They tried and failed to get "prior restraint" in the Pentagon Papers case. But in their quest to sandbag an already submerged dike, they hope they can draw a line at magnetic media. It's untested, IMHO likely to fail, but it's a hell of a lot better than trying to ban books. They'd get laughed out of court. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433