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Old 06-29-2004, 10:12 AM  
latinasojourn
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Originally posted by Webattorney
I'm getting lots of questions about the legal impact of this decision, and what the future holds. So, here are my initial thoughts:

http://www.adultindustryupdate.com/a...%20Article.pdf

well, nice info piece, but the patent-pending "age verification" script is the silliest thing i've ever seen.

guess what, a 12 year old boy just lies about his age---some may think it makes the webmaster less culpable, but from an ethical standpoint it is the sort of smarmy lawyer bullshit that gives the law profession a bad name.

nice try selling that to any responsible webmaster who understands that the RIGHT thing to do is actually make a proactive attempt to keep kids off adult sites, rather than attempt to fashion a legal mechanism to cover the webmaster's ass.

content filtering, as the supreme court has suggested, is the MOST viable, practical solution to keeping kids off adult sites---it allows THEIR parents, or the owners of the online access to control what people can see in their browsers.

any "age verification" system where a surfer simply lies about his age is absolute bullshit and an insult to any webmaster with an IQ of at least 3 digits.

ICRA is today's best solution, and puts the onus on parents to assist in keeping their kids off the adult internet.
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