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  • The Dawg
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    • Apr 2002
    • 2438
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    U.S. judge blocks 1998 online porn law

    PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to government efforts to control Internet pornography, striking down a 1998 U.S. law that makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to let children access "harmful" material.

    In the ruling, the judge said parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not limit the rights of others to free speech.

    "Perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their protection," wrote Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr., who presided over a four-week trial last fall.


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    • pornguy
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      • Mar 2003
      • 62910
      #2
      He will be removed from the bench within three months.
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        • Voodoo
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          • Sep 2002
          • 10600
          #3
          One small step for porn, one giant leap for pornkind.

          "I'm selflessly supporting the common good, but only coincidentally looking out for No.1."

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            • Sarah_Jayne
              Now with more Jayne
              • Dec 2002
              • 40077
              #4
              would be nice to think it was setting a pattern for the future

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                • Shoehorn!
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                  • Oct 2003
                  • 22872
                  #5
                  Finally someone with some fucking sense.

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                    • uno
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                      • Dec 2002
                      • 18450
                      #6
                      Parental accountability? In this day and age?
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                        • jacked
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                          • May 2004
                          • 11019
                          #7
                          knowing whats on the internet it's got to be both parties the parents and the website owners working to keep children from viewing adult content. with all the shit that happens on mainstream sites and videos that are out there i'd be more worried about that kind of shit. hell if i had a child who was old enough to be able to surf the web i'd be standing over his/her shoulder the entire time they were online. none of that computer in there room type shit, you put the computer in a central location such a living room or den so that when the child is on the computer you can monitor what they are doing.

                          either way one big step for us more responsibility needs to be placed on the parent to protect their children, you either don't let your child use the internet unsupervised or you pay for a filtering software to block sites that you don't want your children viewing.
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                            • germ
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                              • Oct 2002
                              • 3108
                              #8
                              Originally posted by The Dawg
                              "Perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if First Amendment protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their protection," wrote Senior U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed Jr., who presided over a four-week trial last fall.


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                              good quote

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                                • 12clicks
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 19814
                                  #9
                                  its about time someone struck a blow to the clinton/democratic dictatorship that attempted to harm our business.
                                  I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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                                    • Drake
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                                      • Mar 2003
                                      • 12508
                                      #10
                                      Great news for once

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                                        • jesse_adultdatingdollars
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                                          • Apr 2006
                                          • 2197
                                          #11
                                          Free Speech Rules
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                                            • SinisterStudios
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                                              • Nov 2003
                                              • 3087
                                              #12
                                              I guess Bush will fire him now, too
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                                                • mardigras
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                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                  • 14194
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by 12clicks
                                                  its about time someone struck a blow to the clinton/democratic dictatorship that attempted to harm our business.
                                                  You're a funny guy.

                                                  Sponsor of COPA: Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio)

                                                  Senate Majority Leader in 1998: Trent Lott (R-Mississippi)

                                                  House Speaker in 1998 Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia)

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                                                    • Jenny S.
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                                                      • Apr 2006
                                                      • 582
                                                      #14
                                                      There was a similar thread yesterday

                                                      http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=717098

                                                      I guess we can always blame it on Carter.
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                                                        • Murderous
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                                                          • Oct 2003
                                                          • 3938
                                                          #15
                                                          That article just reached our local paper, heh. Sounds good for me, being a Pa. resident and all.

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                                                            • mardigras
                                                              Bon temps!
                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                              • 14194
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Jenny S.
                                                              There was a similar thread yesterday

                                                              http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=717098

                                                              I guess we can always blame it on Carter.
                                                              Place the blame where it belongs, the Republican's "Contract on (oops, I mean with) America"...
                                                              .

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                                                                • 12clicks
                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                                  • 19814
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by mardigras
                                                                  You're a funny guy.

                                                                  Sponsor of COPA: Rep. Michael Oxley (R-Ohio)

                                                                  Senate Majority Leader in 1998: Trent Lott (R-Mississippi)

                                                                  House Speaker in 1998 Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia)

                                                                  signed into law: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas)

                                                                  Defended in Court: Janet Reno (D-Florida)
                                                                  I'm not a dinosaur, I'm a crocodile. I've seen dinosaurs come and go and I'm left unimpressed.

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                                                                    • mardigras
                                                                      Bon temps!
                                                                      • Feb 2003
                                                                      • 14194
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by 12clicks
                                                                      signed into law: Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas)
                                                                      Only signed into law by Clinton because there was not going to be a budget without it...
                                                                      During last-minute budget negotiations, the Clinton Administration reportedly objected to provisions of the bill pushed by Rep. Michael Oxley, R-OH, citing a Justice Department analysis that it was probably unconstitutional and would likely draw resources away from more important law enforcement efforts. But negotiators apparently failed to strike the Oxley language from the $500 billion Omnibus Appropriations measure due to be voted on in both the House and Senate and signed by the President tomorrow.
                                                                      http://www.epic.org/free_speech/cens..._10_15_98.html
                                                                      Originally posted by 12clicks
                                                                      Defended in Court: Janet Reno (D-Florida)
                                                                      It's the job of the AG to defend laws whether they personally agree with them or not.
                                                                      .

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                                                                        • VicD
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                                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                                          • 13245
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Hehe, that sounds good to me

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                                                                            • GITZINGER
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Oct 2006
                                                                              • 929
                                                                              #20
                                                                              12clicks got POWN3D!!!! courtesy of Mardigras.
                                                                              Your momma was a ho!!!

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                                                                                • King Adam
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                                                                                  • Jul 2003
                                                                                  • 5408
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  It would be nice to see a pattern form here.

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                                                                                    • s9ann0
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                                                                                      • Sep 2001
                                                                                      • 4873
                                                                                      #22


                                                                                      lets hope .xxx goes the same way

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                                                                                        • spacedog
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                                                                                          • Nov 2001
                                                                                          • 14149
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Irregardless that the law won't hold us accountable, I still believe one should take voluntary measures of protection as an ethical business practice.

                                                                                          It's your choice, but if you choose to do so voluntarily, RTA will enable your site to be filtered & could ensure that this option remains voluntary if enough people utilize it.

                                                                                          Place this single line of code in your meta tags & that's it.

                                                                                          http://www.rtalabel.org/

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                                                                                            • tranza
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                                                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                                                              • 57559
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by Voodoo
                                                                                              One small step for porn, one giant leap for pornkind.
                                                                                              Lol.....
                                                                                              I'm just a newbie.

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