John Gilmore calls attention to a recent US District Court decision which affirms controversial publication on the Internet: This is a big deal; it is strong support for the idea that publications should remain visible on the Internet UNTIL a judge has declared them illegal. Current practice of complainers is to try to get the material taken down immediately (typically by a service provider who's afraid to get sued), and then fight over whether to put it back! The case is in a defamation context, but might be applicable to the more common trademark/copyright/trade secret (e.g. scientology or domain name) censorship controversies. We should put the decision on the Web, and publicize the case. ----- See the decision and ACLU press release on it: http://jya.com/sheehan.htm