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Forwarded message: >From metrotv@peg.apc.org Mon Mar 4 12:22:39 1996 Message-Id: <199603040158.LAA06935@peg.apc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:00:24 +1100 To: iana@ebom.com.au From: metrotv@peg.apc.org (metrotv) Subject: IUC ALERT! -=[ACLU v Reno: Update]=- >Errors-To: welcmart@isu.edu >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 14:01:49 -0500 >Reply-To: alliance-nw@isu.edu >From: cski@tiac.net (Carl Kucharski) >Subject: IUC ALERT! -=[ACLU v Reno: Update]=- >List-Name: alliance-nw >Precedence: Bulk >Apparently-To: metrotv@peg.apc.org > >FYI, Carl > > >>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 23:17:28 -0700 >>X-Sender: proteios@bigjim.bridgecom.com >>Mime-Version: 1.0 >>To: proteios@iuc.org >>From: proteios@iuc.org (El Tiburon) >>Subject: IUC ALERT! -=[ACLU v Reno: Update]=- >>Sender: nii_agenda-approval@civicnet.org >>Precedence: bulk >>Reply-To: nii_agenda@civicnet.org >> >>Internet Users Consortium - ALERT! Sunday 2/25/96 >>< http://www.iuc.org/www/molsen/ > >> >>ALERT.........ACLU v Reno: Update >> >>Government Agrees Not to Investigate or Prosecute Internet >>"Indecency" Until Three-Judge Court Rules on Case >> >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >>Friday, February 23, 1996 >>Contact: Phil Gutis/(202) 675-2312 >> Emily Whitfield/(212) 944-9800, x426 >> >>* Government will refrain from pursuing Internet prosecution >>* Abortion speech restrictions, already acknowledged unconstitutional, >> not addressed >>* ACLU hearing dates set for March 21 and 22 in Philadelphia >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>1. In a deal brokered with the U.S. Department of Justice, the ACLU >>announced that the government agreed not to initiate investigations or >>prosecute under the "indecency" or "patently offensive" censorship provisions >>of the Telecommunications Act while the three-judge panel considers the >>case. ACLU attorney Chris Hansen, who is leading the litigation, explained >>that the agreement represented a victory because it expands protections for >>Internet users beyond the temporary restraining order on the indecency >>provisions granted by Judge Buckwalter last Thursday. Under this agreement, >>which protects all Internet users, no one will be either investigated or >>prosecuted for "patently offensive" speech. If the law is upheld, the >>government has reserved the right to prosecute later for such speech dating >>from the passage of the law. >> >>2. Citing the government's earlier concession that the legislation's >>restriction on abortion speech is unconstitutional, Catherine Weiss, >>litigation director for the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, said that >>the agreement did not need to address the abortion speech restriction. The >>Clinton Justice Department has already said that it will not prosecute for >>abortion-related speech on the Internet under any circumstances. >> >>3. At a scheduling conference on Tuesday, the three-judge court set five >>dates for the hearing on the preliminary injunction motion in Philadelphia. >> The ACLU's hearing dates are March 21 and 22, with April 1 reserved. The >>government's dates are April 11 and 12, 1996. The total trial is scheduled >>to last five days. >> >> Complete information on the lawsuit is available via ACLU's new "Freedom >>Network" World Wide Web page, <<http://www.aclu.org>>, and via the ACLU's >>Constitution Hall forum on America Online (keyword: ACLU). >> >> >>NorthStar keeps you informed and on the lookout for the invasive >>legislation the government enforces. If you want to stay informed about >>this and other key Internet issues, subscribe to NorthStar. NorthStar is >>the bi-weekly e-zine of the Internet Users Consortium that gives you the >>story from the perspectives of those who feel the full brunt of government >>abuse. Corporate media devalues us in its pro-government portrayal of every >>news tidbit. What's left out is how current legislation effects you and I - >>The Internet Users. >>-------------------- >>SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS for NorthStar: >>To: proteios@iuc.org >>Subject: leave blank >>Body of message: subscribe NorthStar your email >>Regular subscription to NorthStar is in html. >>Please specify if you want the *ascii* version. >> >>NorthStar Archives can be found at: >>http://www.iuc.org/www/proteios/northstar.html >> > > > -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de