Re: Need a "warning" graphic of some kind for CDA

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>Now that we all have web pages that are naughty and might be seen by 
>little children, I'd like to hve some kind of a graphic that can 
>universally be seen as a "Warning:  The following material is unsuitable 
>for children and close-minded twits".  (or words to that effect).

A Frank Zappa icon would be highly appropriate for that - I don't know how
his record publishers would feel about someone scanning it off an album cover
and retouching for the web, but you could probably work out something.
A Zappa IMG button with HREF to a copy of his album language rating label 
would seem very fitting.

        Before Bill Clinton signed the Exon Internet Censorship Bill,
                Tipper Gore brought you Music Censorship.
        Uncle Frank says "<quote here>"

I suppose it's a bit beyond Fair Use?


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This post rated SB for Southern Babe. My credit rated NC-17.

On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Bill Stewart wrote:

>         Before Bill Clinton signed the Exon Internet Censorship Bill,
>                 Tipper Gore brought you Music Censorship.
>         Uncle Frank says "<quote here>"

No she didn't! She brought us voluntary labelling, which is completely 
different. Some local governments have then tried to use those labels to 
commit censorship, but that's illegal. Ms. Gore's attitude is and always 
has been that parents should be responsible.

 Exon's CDA (Chicks, Dicks, and Arseholes) is different because it
restricts content by law, including material protected by the first 
ammendment.

 The Administration has repeatedly stated its belief that those parts of 
the bill are unconsitutional, and does not intend to enforce them. 
Unfortunately, because the rider was attached to such an incredibly 
corporately popular bill, it would have been politically impossible to 
veto it for this, epecially since they believe that the courts will throw 
out the (ir)relevant parts. These corporate interests in getting the bill 
past also make's those who did vote against the bill in the house and 
senate especially deserving of praise; they won't be getting many 
Telebucks this year. maybe CypherPAC can reward them? 

Simon

Simon Spero writes:

>>         Before Bill Clinton signed the Exon Internet Censorship Bill,
>>                 Tipper Gore brought you Music Censorship.

>No she didn't! She brought us voluntary labelling, which is completely 
>different. Some local governments have then tried to use those labels to 
>commit censorship, but that's illegal. Ms. Gore's attitude is and always 
>has been that parents should be responsible.

Actually, she did try to get music censorship. When that failed, she
settled for labelling.

Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu> said:

SS> The Administration has repeatedly stated its belief that those
SS> parts of the bill are unconsitutional, and does not intend to
SS> enforce them.

	Then why didn't the Prez announce that he was ordering the
Justice Department to not defend the CDA provisions, like he did the
AIDS expulsion provision in the military spending bill?

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