FW: New discussion group "CDA96-L" = COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT of 1996

[Calarco, Pascal]

In light of the recent discussion here on Web4Lib on the topic,
I thought I would forward this announcement to the rest of the list.
A new forum for discussion of the CDA has been created.  See
below.

Pascal V. Calarco, MLIS
IAIMS Assistant, Librarian
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Yale University
pascal.calarco at yale.edu
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     In light of the recent furor over the airwaves, in the media, and in
lawsuits regarding the COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT of 1996 that United
States' President Clinton signed into law on February 8, 1996, I
have created a forum for people to discuss the concerns raised by this
(and similar) pieces of legislation.

LISTNAME:      CDA96-L
FULL TITLE:    Communications Decency Act of 1996 Discussion Group
FORMAT:        Un-moderated, Postings must come from registered subscribers
SUBSCRIPTIONS: via LISTPROC software
LISTOWNER:     Gary M. Klein <gklein at willamette.edu>
               Management & Business Economics Librarian
               Hatfield Library
               Willamette University
               Salem, Oregon  97301 USA

DESCRIPTION:
     CDA96-L is open to the networkng community.  Its primary role is
to serve as a means of communication among people who are concerned
about the implications of the United States of America's COMMUNICATIONS
DECENCY ACT of 1996 (signed into law by President William J. Clinton
on February 8, 1996).  Its secondary role is to serve as a discussion
forum for similar legislation or regulation that may be in the formative
or final stages in any other country, or at any local jurisdiction that
would restrict, limit or inhibit use of Internet resources based on
"decency", "morality", "offensiveness", or based on the age of someone
using, operating, or accessing an Internet resource.

SUBSCRIBING TO THE "CDA96-L" LIST:
     Anyone may subscribe to the list by sending a <sub cda96-l your name>
command to <listproc at willamette.edu>

     For example, if Idi Amin wanted to subscribe, the post would be:
                  mailto:   listproc at willamette.edu
                    text:   sub cda96-l Idi Amin

OTHER LISTPROC COMMANDS:
     Will be supplied to each subscriber as part of the Welcome Message.

(please feel free to cross-post this announcement in appropriate places)

GARY M. KLEIN "not your average librarian & indecent communicator"
Hatfield Library / Willamette University / Salem, Oregon 97301 USA
work 503-370-6743 / gklein at willamette.edu