U.S. Judge Blocks 1998 Online Porn Law

Jim · 2007-03-22, 12:00 PM

They only touch on what happened in 96.

"The 1998 law followed Congress' unsuccessful 1996 effort to ban online pornography. The Supreme Court in 1997 deemed key portions of that law unconstitutional because it was too vague and trampled on adults' rights"

After that law passed, it was a very dark time. When the Supreme Court did what was right, you could feel a collective sigh from webmasters and surfers alike. Probably going through is the reason I don't worry about the small stuff. They mention the $50k fine but it was $50k all around. If someone entered an adult site from a library, the webmaster would be fined. The host would be fined. And even the library would be fined. All at the $50k price tag.

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2007-03-22, 12:00 PM	#5
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	They only touch on what happened in 96. "The 1998 law followed Congress' unsuccessful 1996 effort to ban online pornography. The Supreme Court in 1997 deemed key portions of that law unconstitutional because it was too vague and trampled on adults' rights" After that law passed, it was a very dark time. When the Supreme Court did what was right, you could feel a collective sigh from webmasters and surfers alike. Probably going through is the reason I don't worry about the small stuff. They mention the $50k fine but it was $50k all around. If someone entered an adult site from a library, the webmaster would be fined. The host would be fined. And even the library would be fined. All at the $50k price tag.