From:    IN%"[log in to unmask]"   "Louise S. Robbins SLIS 263-2105"
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Subject: NET censorship alert
 
>From:    IN%"[log in to unmask]"   "Discussion of Government Document
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>To:      Multiple recipients of list GOVDOC-L <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: FYI - Censorship alert (fwd)
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>This message came into my box today, I thought it might interest everyone...
>I haven't personally reviewed the legislation.
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>Sender: [log in to unmask] (Lisa R Horowitz)
>Subject: Censorship issue:  Could this affect libraries, and how?
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>I just picked up this message on another listserv and was trying to
>determine the possible repercussions for libraries.  It seems like
>librarians might wish to get on this bandwagon as well.  --Lisa Horowitz
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>> >                        -> EMA ALERT <-
>> >             News For and About the Members of the
>> >                ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ASSOCIATION
>> > ============================================================
>> >                 February 3, 1995 -- Number 18
>> > <---------------------------------------------------------->
>> >                   ***** SPECIAL ALERT *****
>> >  - Congress to consider making all system operators liable
>> >    for messaging content.  Bill would force employers to
>> >    monitor message content.              ACTION NEEDED NOW!
>> > <---------------------------------------------------------->
>> >
>> > UNREASONABLE NETWORK POLICING PROPOSED
>> >    Yesterday, Senator Jim Exon (D-NE) introduced S.314, the
>> > Communications Decency Act of 1995, in the United States
>> > Senate.  In an effort to stamp out digital pornography, it
>> > makes all telecommunications providers doing business in the
>> > United States (from the telephone companies all the way down
>> > to offices that use LANs) liable for the content of anything
>> > sent over their networks.  To avoid the possibility of tens
>  R> > of thousands of dollars in fines and up to two years in
>> > jail, business owners would be forced to police their
>> > networks and monitor in advance all messages sent over them.
>> >
>> > WITHOUT ACTION - COULD BE LAW IN MONTHS
>> >    This bill is substantially the same as the one he put
>> > forward last year.  He will offer it as an amendment to the
>> > pending telecommunications deregulation legislation in the
>> > U.S. Senate, which is expected to be enacted by July.  Last
>> > year, his amendment was adopted even though many thought it
>> > hastily drafted and poorly thought out.  Fortunately, the
>> > telecommunications deregulation legislation died.  This
>> > year, a more conservative U.S. Congress may be even more
>> > reluctant to challenge a "morality" amendment; and its
>> > legislative vehicle, the telecommunications deregulation
>> > legislation, stands a much better chance of passage this
>> > year.
>> >
>> > ACTION NEEDED NOW
>> >    Action by the business community is needed now.  Please
>> > notify your corporate government affairs office and/or your
>> > legal counsel.  This measure could be adopted as an
>> > amendment to the telecommunications bill IN A MATTER OF
>> > WEEKS (or potentially added to any legislation pending on
>> > the U.S. Senate floor), if business does not mobilize
>> > against it.  S.314 will not stop digital pornography, but it
>> > could devastate the messaging business.  If you are
>> > interested in further information or are able to participate
>> > in lobbying efforts over the next few weeks, contact Sarah
>> > Reardon at EMA (see below).
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > EMA ALERT is published and copyrighted (1995) by the
>> > Electronic Messaging Association.  Permission to reproduce
>> > and/or redistribute with attribution is hereby given to all
>> > EMA members.  For more information about anything in EMA
>> > ALERT, contact EMA via e-mail - use either X.400 (S=info;
>> > O=ema; A=mci; C=us) or Internet ([log in to unmask]) address,
>> > facsimile (1-703-524-5558), or telephone (1-703-524-5550).
>> > Any EMA staff member can be addressed directly via e-mail by
>> > using, for X.400, G=<firstname>; S=<lastname>; O=ema; A=mci;
>> > C=us, and, for Internet, <firstinitial><lastname>@ema.org.
>> > EMA's postal address is 1655 N. Fort Myer Dr. #850,
>> > Arlington, VA 22209 USA.
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>> >
>> > May the bear never have cause to eat you...
>> >
>> > Merlinus Emrys                    [log in to unmask]
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>Lisa R. Horowitz, MLS
>Graduate Student, Comparative Literature
>Reference Librarian Fellow, Van Pelt Library
>University of Pennsylvania
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