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Online, On Trial: Pornography, The Constitution And The Communications Decency Act Of 1996, Brian E. Bowcut
Online, On Trial: Pornography, The Constitution And The Communications Decency Act Of 1996, Brian E. Bowcut
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Cyberspace, in its present condition has a lot in common with the 19th Century West. It is vast, unmapped, culturally and legally ambiguous ... hard to get around in, and up for grabs. ...It is, of course, a perfect breeding ground for both outlaws and new ideas about liberty...1
So assesses Grateful Dead lyricist-turned-cyberguru John Perry Barlow the new frontier, that vast expanse of computer networks known as the Internet. Yet, in recent months, the law has come to this chaotic domain, where anything goes and nothing remains unsaid. With the passage of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA), …