Here is the full text of the law: http://sethf.com/anticensorware/legal/001218cipa.html
I don't have a major problem with it, however, I do know that there is no good blocking software, however, if a Library is not going to maintain x-rated movies or skin magazines, then why allow access to porn on the net. The purpose of pornography is to arouse, it is not for any artistic value. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Porn in the Library > > I honestly don't find it troubling. > > I fully support people viewing legal material, but having seen some > stuff that is pretty easy to stumble upon, I think other people in a > public environment shouldn't be forced to see it as well, either through > accident or because someone else in the computer area is surfing porn. > > Also, having worked in places where people have publicly masturbated, I > don't have a problem with doing something to curb that behavior and to > help librarians not be put into a situation of dealing with it. (BTW, > the places were an office supply store and a resturaunt.) Again, it's > fine in your own home but just don't do it in public. > > It's a given that the filters are crap. They just don't work to block > everything they probably should and they block things they probably > shouldn't. The important parts of the ruling IMO, are 1.) the ability > for the patron to request their filter to be disabled allows for > individuals to still control what they want to see; and 2.) that it only > applies to federal funding. If a library chooses to not receive federal > funding, then they aren't impacted by the law. > > I don't see this so much of an anti-pornography law as it is a means to > help librarians and other patrons not to have to deal with someone > else's lack of basic social mores. If anything about it is troubling, > it's that things have gotten to a point that a ruling like this even had > to come up. > > -Kevin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:10 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Porn in the Library > > > > > > nobody commented on this. Too many other topics, or does > > nobody else find > > this slightly troubling? > > > > Dana > > > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:46:41 -0400, Nick McClure > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > The supreme court upheld the law requiring public libraries > > to install > > > porn > > > filters on public computers. Claiming that if research is > > hampered the > > > filters can be turned off. > > > > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?C21C62405 > > > > > > -- > > > Nick McClure > > > TransDigital > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
