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Report: Yahoo to ignore French censorship ruling

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:08:00 -0500 From: "Christopher Chiu" <cchiu@aclu.org> Subject: Report: Yahoo to ignore French censorship ruling To: "GILC plan" <gilc-plan@gilc.org> Send reply to: gilc-plan@gilc.org

"U.S.-based Internet portal Yahoo! intends to ignore a French judge's ruling that it block Web surfers in France from an auction site where Nazi memorabilia is sold.

"Yahoo attorney Greg Wrenn said late Monday that France has no jurisdiction in the case. He said Yahoo, which is the world's most popular Internet portal, will ignore the decision unless a U.S. court enforces it."

See "Yahoo! Will Ignore French Ban," CBS News, Nov. 20, 2000 at http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,250927-412,00.shtml

Sincerely, Christopher Chiu Global Internet Liberty Campaign Organizer American Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street New York NY 10004-2400 USA Tel.: 212-549-2535 E-mail: cchiu@aclu.org

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