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Report On The Texas Censorware Bill
www.sorehands.com writes that yesterday, "in Texas, the Committee on Business and Industry heard testimony on HB1295. HB1295 is a bill which, if passed, would require PC sellers in Texas to include censorware on the machines they sell. Under this bill, if a "personal computer" incudes an operating system, the manufacturer would be required to provide fitering software. There are no exceptions for personal computers used for business, or for computers operating systems for which there is no censorware. This bill was prompted by SPAM to the author's, Garcia, AOL account popping up porn before being caught by the AOL parental controls. Garcia also said that downloading and installing the software over the net is too difficult for anyone over 30 years old to install. The committee seemed leary of the bill given that Texas B & C Code Sec 35.101 et seq requires that ISPs provide links to censorware." This lowers Texas on the list of "states to move to" when my lease runs out. Update: 03/21 06:10 PM by T : Jamie points to this earlier post at censorware.net as well. -
ACLU To Appeal CPHack Ruling
www.sorehands.com writes, "CNet News reports that the ACLU is appealing the CPHack ruling. It should be quite interesting. Especially in the light of the ruling in federal court that makes source code free speech. It is possible that the court may rule that the source code can be posted, but not the executable code. It will be very difficult for Mattel to show damage or harm from publication now. Mattel changed the code, so CPHack is obsolete and will not work on the current version."