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Supreme Court to Hear CIPA Case

Posted by michael on from the justice-is-nearsighted dept.

Ruger writes "The Supreme Court of the United States will "decide if public libraries can be forced to install software blocking sexually explicit Web sites," according to this article from the Associated Press. US lawmakers have passed three laws to 'protect' children from Internet pornography, but the Court struck down the first and blocked the second from taking effect. 'A three-judge federal panel ruled the Children's Internet Protection Act violates the First Amendment because the filtering programs also block sites on politics, health, science and other non-pornographic topics.'" Our previous story on this ongoing case will bring you up to speed on the issues.

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  1. Re:There's only one question... by M.C.+Hampster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My gosh, an intelligent and well-thought out compromise! Quick, MOD this guy down!

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  2. Re:There's only one question... by Tsali · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Where's my mod button! This is a great idea!

    Just like smoking and non-smoking sections. If you are overly conservative, you can think of it as smoking and nonsmoking in hell sections, so it has to fly!

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  3. Re:There's only one question... by nizcolas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will the adult section be hidden behind a velvet curtain?

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  4. What the fuck's wrong with you, yankees???? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 1, Redundant
    When I was a kid (that is from 6 years on), I was allowed to read all the pr0n magazines my father bought, right in front of my mother (all she'd say was "that's not nice looking"). So, over time, pr0n didn't have any special attractiveness for me, and I never went out of my way in order to find pr0n - that is, until I got interested in really kinky stuff (besides which goatsee.cx is really tame)...

    (Reposted, account some moron moderating it as "flamebait")