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[GILC-plan] followup to Vatican website censorship case

------- Forwarded message follows ------- 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 ernet_ x.htm _______________________________________________ GILC-plan mailing list GILC-plan@mailman.gilc.org https://mailman.gilc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gilc-plan

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