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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:03 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 410
PUBYAC Digest 410
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Compressed Data: Law Newsletter Has to Sneak Past Filters
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
2) Statement of Marvin J. Johnson, ACLU Legislative Counsel, on
by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Compressed Data: Law Newsletter Has to Sneak Past Filters
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Compressed Data: Law Newsletter Has to Sneak Past Filters
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/02/technology/02FILT.html
"The trouble is, these filters are dumb: they can't tell the difference
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between a sexual solicitation sent by e-mail and a news story about =
restrictions on online pornography or between a computer virus and a story =
about a computer virus. 'I often advise my readers to get a free e-mail =
account at Yahoo or Hotmail, so they can get the newsletter at home,' Mr. =
Carney said. 'It's the only way to avoid these blocks.'"
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Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
intellectual freedom @ your library
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From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org>
Subject: Statement of Marvin J. Johnson, ACLU Legislative Counsel, on
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A link to the following can be found at http://www.ala.org/cipa/headlines.h=
tml=20
Statement of Marvin J. Johnson, ACLU Legislative Counsel, on The Effectiven=
ess of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CHIPA), Before the House of =
Represenatives Comittee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on
Telecommunicat=
ions and the Internet, April 4, 2001
"There is no reliable way to block out all objectionable material, so
any =
technological protection measure will be ineffective in removing that =
material from view. Furthermore, all of the current technological =
protection measures block significant amounts of material that deserve =
constitutional protection. This overbreadth is one of the reasons CHIPA is =
unconstitutional."
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Don Wood
Program Officer/Communications
American Library Association
Office for Intellectual Freedom
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-545-2433, ext. 4225
Fax: 312-280-4227
dwood@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/
intellectual freedom @ your library
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