Re:JP Barlow: A Declaration of Independence for Cyberspace
by archgoon on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @01:36PM
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For those, like me, who were confused about the censorship that clearly didn't happen, here is a relevant piece of info from wikipedia.
"Title V of the 1996 Act is the Communications Decency Act, aimed at regulating Internet indecency and obscenity, but was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court for violating the First Amendment. Portions of Title V remain, including the Good Samaritan Act, which protects ISPs from liability for third party content on their services, and legal definitions of the Internet."
"Title V of the 1996 Act is the Communications Decency Act, aimed at regulating Internet indecency and obscenity, but was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court for violating the First Amendment. Portions of Title V remain, including the Good Samaritan Act, which protects ISPs from liability for third party content on their services, and legal definitions of the Internet."
And the wikipedia link in general for the act:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
I believe this was the court case that resulted in the relevant portion of the act being struck down by all nine supreme court justices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno_v._ACLU