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[FYI] (Fwd) [GILC-plan] followup to Vatican website censorship case




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From:           	Chris Chiu <CCHIU@aclu.org>
To:             	gilc-plan@gilc.org
Date sent:      	Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:51:04 -0400
Subject:        	[GILC-plan] followup to Vatican website censorship case

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"In Italy, two men are under investigation for allegedly running sites
that combined pornographic pictures with offensive statements about
the Madonna. Authorities say they were weighing blasphemy, computer
fraud and other charges that could result in fines and up to three
years in prison.

"Though the sites were hosted by U.S. companies, including Blue
Gravity Communications of Pennsauken, N.J., authorities in Italy used
a suspect's computer and password to reach across the ocean and
replace the offending images with the insignia of the special police
unit that tracked him down.

"Blue Gravity's chief executive, Tom Krwawecz, said the company was
never informed. And he believes U.S. laws - not Italy's - ought to
apply.

"'That's where the content is actually located, regardless of who's
looking at it and where it's being looked at,' Krwawecz said. 'How are
we to know what the laws of another country might be?'"

Read "Net extends reach of national governments," Associated Press, 22
July 2002 at
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2002-07-22-borderless-int
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