Bush Administration wants Google Porn Search info

Linkster · 2006-01-20, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sleeper

What if a simple "warning" page isn't adequate.

Then what?

What if they draw it up where you have to use a credit card to see any porn.

The US webmasters will be fucked.

Sleeper - you need to go read the original COPA - thats exactly what it was and is what they want to institute - you would have to have a verifiable credit card to get in to any porn - and warning pages arent even close to enough. And actually my private belief is that US webmasters would make a killing on it

kenny · 2006-01-20, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Linkster

And actually my private belief is that US webmasters would make a killing on it

How so when every other country on the planet earth is giving it away for free?

Linkster · 2006-01-20, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sleeper

How so when every other country on the planet earth is giving it away for free?

You really need to go back and read the history of COPA since 1997-98 when it first came around
US based sponsors would require their WMs to meet those requirements - and there are a shitload of them - the foreign WMs would be excluded from the SEs by Google and other US based SEs - since they would also have to comply - its a big snafu and basically you end up with a fight against free speech compared to a fight about commercial speech which is not protected by the constitution - and was very prevalent in the congressional hearings held yesterday which are exploring this same issue again. Check out CSpan if ya want to see the actual testimony by everyone from right wing groups to AOL to Paul Cambria that occured yesterday

kenny · 2006-01-20, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Linkster

You really need to go back and read the history of COPA since 1997-98 when it first came around
US based sponsors would require their WMs to meet those requirements - and there are a shitload of them - the foreign WMs would be excluded from the SEs by Google and other US based SEs - since they would also have to comply - its a big snafu and basically you end up with a fight against free speech compared to a fight about commercial speech which is not protected by the constitution - and was very prevalent in the congressional hearings held yesterday which are exploring this same issue again. Check out CSpan if ya want to see the actual testimony by everyone from right wing groups to AOL to Paul Cambria that occured yesterday

wow - either way..

This could really shake things up.

I'm turning on CSpan right now to gather more info on this.

Thanks for the info.

plateman · 2006-01-20, 12:50 PM

if you can watch more than a half hour of Cspan I take my hat off to you...

Halfdeck · 2006-01-20, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by plateman

if you can watch more than a half hour of Cspan I take my hat off to you...

Hey, I used to keep C-Span on 24/7 until the Clinton hearings. Every other "news" channel is entertainment-based BS dumbed down for the masses

SirMoby · 2006-01-20, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Halfdeck

Hey, I used to keep C-Span on 24/7 until the Clinton hearings. Every other "news" channel is entertainment-based BS dumbed down for the masses

Are there any news channels left in the US? I thought they were all political activist shows.

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