Supreme Court to Hear CIPA Case

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.

Comments

Re:They will keep trying

[night_flyer]

you know what? schools and libraries dont carry "Jugs" magazine, so why should they allow porno to be displayed on the machines?

Re:There's only one question...

[Reality Master 101]

A right that you have to beg for isnt a right, its a privelage.

Yeah, and you also have to ask permission to see rare books, and to climb ladders to get at the tall shelves. And of course, let's not forget about midgets who can't reach the tall shelves.

By your logic, any abridgement of "instant access" is an abridgement of your rights, which is just silly.