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Supremes dubious of challenge to child porn law: Is a law designed to stop online child pornography so broad that it infringes on the First Amendment? That's the argument the Supreme Court heard today. The appellant is one Michael Williams, who was busted for offering to trade kiddie images with a federal agent. ...; Tags: Child Pornography, Law, Appellant, Williams, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-10-30

In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer conviction: In close First Amendment case, Virginia court upholds spammer convictionI'd say hate is a rather strong word.We don't hate spammers. We despise them.As for the constitutionality of anti-spam laws, we'll discuss that *after* the spammer has been executed. I'd suggest slow immersion into boiling oil while dangling suspended from his...; Tags: First Amendment, Jaynes, party invitation, spam; Discussion threads 2008-03-03
Police blotter: Teens prosecuted for racy photos: Police blotter: Teens prosecuted for racy photosAbsurd ruling/law if I ever heard one....It's amazing to me that it is legal for them to have sex but not legal to take pictures of it for their own use. We seem to be getting WAY too hung up in trying to...; Tags: child pornography, photograph, sex offender; Discussion threads 2007-02-09
A surprise from Communications of the ACM: In the usual case I look at the monthly Communications of the ACM fairly quickly because most of the content is so disconnected from reality that it only takes a few seconds per article to classify it as purely tenure seeking and move on. This month's issue, however, is very...; Tags: disk; Blog posts 2006-08-25

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