U.S. judge blocks 1998 online porn law - GoFuckYourself.com

The Dawg · 03-22-2007, 09:34 AM

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 · 03-22-2007, 09:36 AM

He will be removed from the bench within three months.

Voodoo · 03-22-2007, 09:39 AM

One small step for porn, one giant leap for pornkind.

Sarah_Jayne · 03-22-2007, 09:43 AM

would be nice to think it was setting a pattern for the future

Shoehorn! · 03-22-2007, 09:44 AM

Finally someone with some fucking sense.

uno · 03-22-2007, 09:48 AM

Parental accountability? In this day and age?

jacked · 03-22-2007, 09:54 AM

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.

germ · 03-22-2007, 09:59 AM

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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

12clicks · 03-22-2007, 10:05 AM

its about time someone struck a blow to the clinton/democratic dictatorship that attempted to harm our business.

Drake · 03-22-2007, 10:08 AM

Great news for once

jesse_adultdatingdollars · 03-22-2007, 10:45 AM

Free Speech Rules

SinisterStudios · 03-22-2007, 10:53 AM

I guess Bush will fire him now, too

mardigras · 03-23-2007, 08:10 AM

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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)

Jenny S. · 03-23-2007, 08:32 AM

There was a similar thread yesterday

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

I guess we can always blame it on Carter.

Murderous · 03-23-2007, 08:33 AM

That article just reached our local paper, heh. Sounds good for me, being a Pa. resident and all.

mardigras · 03-23-2007, 08:37 AM

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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"...

12clicks · 03-24-2007, 07:26 AM

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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)

mardigras · 03-24-2007, 07:58 AM

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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...

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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

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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.

VicD · 03-24-2007, 08:03 AM

Hehe, that sounds good to me

GITZINGER · 03-24-2007, 08:11 AM

12clicks got POWN3D!!!! courtesy of Mardigras.

King Adam · 03-24-2007, 08:45 AM

It would be nice to see a pattern form here.

s9ann0 · 03-24-2007, 08:48 AM

lets hope .xxx goes the same way

spacedog · 03-24-2007, 09:04 AM

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/

tranza · 03-24-2007, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Voodoo

One small step for porn, one giant leap for pornkind.

Lol.....

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