[FYI] The Internet vs. the First Amendment

[Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)]

http://jya.com/net-v-1A.htm

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28 April 1999. Thanks to DN. 

See related case on recent conviction of artist Carl Johnson:
http://jya.com/cejfiles.htm 


http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/oped/28trib.html 

The New York Times, April 28, 1999 

The Internet vs. the First Amendment 

By LAURENCE H. TRIBE 

AMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As we try to make sense of the school massacre in
Littleton, Colo., we suddenly find ourselves swept up in a national
debate about whether the Internet, with its dazzling array of
interactive mayhem and violence, is partly to blame.

Should the Internet be available to anyone, of any age, with a
computer and a telephone connection? Many who have long wanted to
muzzle the Internet are making symbols of Eric Harris and Dylan
Klebold, who used the Internet to play violent computer games and
promote their racist views. 

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