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 Posted by
sengan
on Sunday July 26, @03:28PM
from the there-should-be-a-constitutional-limit-on-the-number-of-laws dept.
Trepidity
informed us that the Senate unamimously passed a spending bill
with the
"CDA II"
amendments attached to it. These would make allowing
children to view "harmful" material a crime. The amendments
would also require schools and libraries to install
censorware
on all computers accessible to minors. If the bill were to
pass the House and be signed into law, the
American Civil Liberties Union
and Electronic Frontier Foundation
have vowed to have it overturned like they did with the
first CDA. Click below to read more...
But the cool thing about this, is that it
apparently contradicts WIPO.
Now some of you may know that Einstein had great difficulties
persuading his friend Goedel to swear that he would abide by
the American constitution (necessary to become a US citizen)
because it was logically inconsistent. If 2 contradictory laws
are passed, are both invalidated? Or does it become a lawyer
free-for-all?
All in all, both measures are quite amazing: WIPO can even render
cookie managing software such as
Junkbusters
illegal,
and CDA reduces the freedoms of those who cannot afford their
own internet connection, instead of ensuring that children learn
to think critically about what they encounter.
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Posted by
sengan
on Sunday July 26, @03:28PM
More legal nonsense
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