Public Library Sued for NOT Filtering

[Filtering Facts]

Michael Dargan wrote:
>Are there any filter vendors which offer to defend libraries from 
>lawsuits based on patrons viewing unsuitable materials which the 
>filter did not catch?
>
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>Michael J. Dargan                               office: 319 291 4496
>Technical Systems Administrator                    fax: 319 291 6736
>Waterloo and Cedar Falls Public Libraries         Waterloo, IA 50701
>

There's no need, since the library would be immune from civil liability.
There's a fine article about this by Carol Clancy of the National Law Center
on my website at www.filteringfacts.org/nlc2.htm

47 U.S.C. ' 230(c)(2) states:

"(c) PROTECTION FOR ‘GOOD SAMARITAN’ BLOCKING AND SCREENING OF OFFENSIVE
MATERIAL—

(2) Civil liability. -- No provider or user of an interactive computer
service shall be held liable on account of--

"(A) any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or
availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene,
lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise
objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected; or

"(B) any action taken to enable or make available to information content
providers or others the technical means to restrict access to material
described in paragraph (1)."

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David Burt	President, Filtering Facts
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