This is going to be an interesting chat. It will be the first time in my recollection that a supporter of the CDA has ventured onto the Net to defend it. Taylor, of course, is the principal author of the CDA as the president of the National Law Center for Children and Families. A former Justice Department porn-prosecutor with a record number of convictions ("Comstock was an amateur"), he'll be talking about what the DoJ is thinking and what their plans are. (He's argued obscenity cases before the Supreme Court.) But for such a net-basher, he's pretty cyberclueless. Since Taylor doesn't even have email, let alone a live net-connection, he's coming over to my office tomorrow evening and we'll connect to HotWired from my Macintosh. "Hide your porn," he reminded me. I plan to. -Declan Info on Taylor's CDA amicus brief supporting the Justice Department: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/dl?num=2388 The text of Taylor's amicus brief: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/dl?num=2736
Attorney Lance Rose, originally scheduled for the HotWired Electronic Frontiers Forum this Thursday night, June 27 (probably TODAY as you read this...), could not make it, however in his place we've extended an 11th-hour invitation to Bruce Taylor of the National Law Center for Children and Families, and he's accepted. Please join us!
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javachat at http://talk.wired.com or telnet to talk.wired.com
-- Jon Lebkowsky <jonl@hotwired.com> http://www.well.com/~jonl Electronic Frontiers Forum, 6PM PDT Thursdays <http://www.hotwired.com/eff>