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The Best and Worst US Internet Laws

Posted by kdawson on from the rhymes-with-shoeless dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When a US legislator describes the Internet as a 'series of tubes' you just know that you're going to end up with some wacky laws on the books. Law professor Eric Goldman takes a look at the best and worst Internet laws in the U.S. Goldman offers an analysis of the biggies such as the DMCA, but also shines light on lesser-known laws like the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002. And he actually finds four Internet laws that aren't all bad."

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  1. Best and worst? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aritcle headline incorrect.

    Should read:

    The Worst and Least Worst of US Internet laws

  2. He couldn't have made a worse description by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tubes! The naive old fool!

    Every geek on this site knows that the Internet is actually a series of pipes.

    In the case of the main backbones, great big fat pipes!

  3. Re:attn slashdot, I have a penis by Calydor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see your penis has been rated redundant. How does that make you feel?

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  4. Yeah, what kind of idiot would you.. by mikkelm · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. have to be to use "series of tubes" as an analogy for the Internet? What's next? Buffering? Routing? Flow control? HAH! Ignorant politicians.

  5. Butthead noticed that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    From TFA:

    "The CDA (Communications Decency Act) tried to keep kids away from Internet porn, a reaction to a sensational 1995 article (the "Rimm Report") published in the Georgetown Law Journal that proclaimed that the Internet was awash in porn."

    Uhhhh, he said "Rimm". Huhuhuhuhuhuh.

  6. Re:attn slashdot, I have a penis by Gryle · · Score: 1, Funny

    and because you're posting on slashdot, odds are you never will.

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  7. Re:18 USC 2257 by armando_wall · · Score: 2, Funny

    ratemyboobies, flashyourrack? I've been missing out. Thank you!