ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Decision To Overturn Children's Internet Protection Act.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2002 TOPIC: Federal judges overturned the Children's Internet Protection Act, according to an article by The Associated Press. The law was designed to filter out and block pornographic web sites in public libraries. However, the judges stated the act could also block sites that contained protected speech, the article says. The law, which was signed by former President Clinton in 2000, would have made it necessary for public libraries to install filters by July 1 or possible lose federal funding. Organizations including the American Library Association and the American Civil Liberties Union claim the law unfair as it would not allow people who could not afford a home computer the same access to information. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Anthony T. Caso handles the overall management of the Pacific Legal Foundation's legal program and is corporate counsel for the Foundation. Mr. Caso is also responsible for the recruitment and professional training program for PLF's College of Public Interest Law (CPIL CPIL Center for Public Interest Law (University of San Diego, San Diego, CA) CPIL Critical Played Items List ) fellows. A graduate of McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, he joined PLF Noun 1. PLF - a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border in 1979. Mr. Caso's published articles include, "Free Speech and Self-Incrimination self-incrimination In criminal law, the giving of evidence that might tend to expose the witness to punishment for a crime. The term is generally used in relation to the privilege of refusing to give such evidence. In some continental European countries (e.g. : The Constitutionality of California's New Child Pornography Child pornography is the visual representation of minors under the age of 18 engaged in sexual activity or the visual representation of minors engaging in lewd or erotic behavior designed to arouse the viewer's sexual interest. Laws," Pacific Law Journal, Volume 10, No. 1 and "Nonconsensual Cal/OSHA Inspections After Salwasser: They're Still Illegal," Pacific Law Journal, Volume 14, No. 3. 916-362-2833, atc@pacificlegal.org Mr. Michael Scott Michael Scott or Mike Scott may be: Novelists:
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