Sender: "David E. Anderson" <•••@••.•••> If cyber-rights' home page disparages Malaysia and somone in Malaysia reads it, who is liable? If Malaysia prosecuted, would the US government defend us? If it defended us, how would the government distinguish between this case and the BBS sting run out of Tennessee? Inquiring minds want to know... Dave -- David E. Anderson/New Media Support/Oracle Corporation 415-506-6307 fax: 7809 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ I can furnish a bit of an answer... People have been raising similar questions about the CDA, which at one point explicitly included a prohibition on transmissions from outside the U.S. that infringed on it. Some asked how the U.S. government could prosecute someone putting up an archive in the Netherlands or Finland. Then others point out that we killed several thousand people in Panama in order to make a publicity stunt out of bringing General Noriega to trial (not to go into similar actions in Libya and Iraq...) Andy @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Pointer from moderator: An interesting new entry has recently been added to the list of products claiming to offer filters for objectionable material: a company called NewView that offers something called "iscreen!" They have researched the criticisms of the Internet community to censorship, and have tried to produce a system that is less restrictive. I won't say any more about it because there are too many aspects to make a good summary. Look at http://www.newview.com and post your opinions to this list; if you don't have Web access you can ask me for a summary. Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
