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04-04-2007, 11:00 AM
Censorware Not Good, Just Better Than COPA (http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/106610814/article.pl):
Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes in with with an essay that starts "On March 22nd, District Court Judge Lowell Reed ruled that the Child Online Protection Act was unconstitutional, partly because the judge called it "vague and overbroad", and partly because less restrictive means existed, such as Internet blocking software. I'll leave others to comment on the legal issues, but blocking software is something that I've studied, and it's important to make sure this decision is not seen as some kind of vindication for the "censorware" industry." Tap that link below to read the rest of his story.http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?i=D7cimT</img> (http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?a=D7cimT)
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/106610814
Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes in with with an essay that starts "On March 22nd, District Court Judge Lowell Reed ruled that the Child Online Protection Act was unconstitutional, partly because the judge called it "vague and overbroad", and partly because less restrictive means existed, such as Internet blocking software. I'll leave others to comment on the legal issues, but blocking software is something that I've studied, and it's important to make sure this decision is not seen as some kind of vindication for the "censorware" industry." Tap that link below to read the rest of his story.http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?i=D7cimT</img> (http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdot?a=D7cimT)
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/106610814