S.652 (H.R. 1555)
Brian Davis
bdavis at thepoint.net
Tue Jan 9 08:38:43 PST 1996
On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Declan B. McCullagh wrote:
> Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 8-Jan-96 S.652 (H.R. 1555) by Harry
> Bartholomew at netcom
> > Perhaps some of our more lawyerly types can decipher whether
> > it is getting better or worse as the conference committee chews.
> > Not I.
>
> I'm not a lawyerly type by any means, but my understanding is that it's
> getting worse:
>
> * The provision prohibiting the FCC from regulating the Net has been removed.
> * The max fine for "indecent" speech is now $250,000.
^^^^^^^^^
Probably accomplished by making the "crime" a felony. Standard fine for
Title 18 cases is $250,000 (there are exceptions, of course.
EBD
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