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The Cosmic Ray Deflection Society of North America
GOES BEYOND FREE SPEECH
These pages were originally created to protest the passage of the Communications Decency Act...We turned all our pages black for about 10 days...But there's more going on in the world...So we've expanded our sights...We're going beyond the free speech issue to the heart of the matter...
Please join us in our efforts...Explore these links and consider starting your own page of freedom issues...Wearing a blue ribbon and going black for a few days appearantly didn't have much of on effect on the American congress...
Download and use as many of the quotes on this page as you care to...Remember, we're all in this together...
The original page grew so large that it's been divided into three sections...There's a second wave of free speech now coming online... It looks like the internet is about to get involved...
This Page
Lawsuit, March on Washington, News, Humor and Banned Sites...
Part 2
Organizations, Statewide Recalls, Personal Protest Pages, Word, Let's Active and Parents Watch...
Beyond Free Speech
There's a lot more to this struggle...
What I Was Up To Before This Started
Latest News on Free Speech
Fight for Free Speech Online Headed to
Supreme Court!
SUPREME COURT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS IN THE CDA CASE
On Wednesday March 19th, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the
challenge to the Communications Decency Act, a case which will determine
the future of the Internet and the fate of the First Amendment in the
Information Age. A decision is expected in late June or early July.
Bruce Ennis, CIEC lead attorney, who argued the case on behalf of both the
ACLU and CIEC Plaintiffs, discussed the case and the oral arguments at a
special online event on March 19th. Audio transcripts are available online here...
Judith Krug of the American Library Association, lead plaintiff in the
case, noted that the Justices ''paid special attention to the threat that
the CDA would pose to libraries around the country seeking to use the
Internet to provide greater public access to information.''
In questions to both Mr. Ennis and the Justice Department attorney
defending the statute, the Justices probed the effectiveness of this
statute as compared to software tools which empower parents to filter out
inappropriate Internet sites whenever their children surf the web.
With a decision expected in late spring or early summer, coalition members
expect that the issue will be back before the US Congress shortly.
FCC Recent Court Opinions Ever wonder what the FCC is up to in our court system? Page has regular updates.
THE NEWSPAPER DECENCY ACT?
In numerous, often pointed questions throughout the hearing, the Judges
pressed the government on whether the Internet is a unique communications technology distinct from traditional broadcast mass media.
At one point Judge Dalzell, holding up a copy of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
noted that the previous day's issue contained a graphic image of a man
being shot on the front page above the fold. Dalzell said that his 10 year
old son had seen this picture while looking for the scores from the
previous day's Philadelphia Phillies game, Dalzell was concerned that the
Image was not appropriate for a young child to view. Dalzell asked
Coppolino if Congress were to pass a 'Newspaper Decency Act' requiring that
Newspapers publish graphic images below the fold {so that minors do not
inadvertently see them} would the law be unconstitutional.
When Coppolino agreed that the hypothetical Newspaper Decency Act would
indeed be unconstitutional, Dalzell asked if Congress similarly has the
power to control the Internet.
From 'interactive week'...More than a year after he introduced the law that bans indecency on the Internet, neither Sen. James Exon nor his aides are offering much help to Internet access companies trying to figure out how to comply with the Communications Decency Act.
Only In It For The Money
'Censorship Server' Could Enforce Decency Act from' 'interactive week'... If this device lives up to its claims, it would make it technically possible for companies whose facilities are gateways to the Internet to execute the intent of the Communications Decency Act.
This page has been turned black in memory of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...1789-1996... RIP...
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The Lawsuit
An attempt to break the CDA
And other law related resources...
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CyberWire Dispatch, 06 Feb 95 by Brock N. Meeks 'Forty-eight hours and a half bottle of Jack Daniel's into my 40th birthday and suddenly I knew what I had to do... Compress my pending mid-life crisis into one white hot shining moment.
So I filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, calling the bluff of this bastard Congress, claiming the indecency provisions contained in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 are unconstitutional.''
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Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition Court Challenge to the CDA TRIAL BULLETINS! CDT will provide a synopsis of the proceedings directly from the courtroom each day hearings are held.
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JOIN THE SUIT! It's not to late, watch this page for updates...
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Cyberspace Law Center is designed to be an evolving resource for those interested in legal issues concerning cyberspace.
"I saw the best minds of my generation...." [CENSORED]
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself...." [CENSORED]
"For information on where to obtain a safe, legal abortion...." [CENSORED]
Is this the Net we want in our future? Under the Communications Decency
Act, signed into law by President Clinton with a flourish of his digital
pen on 8 February, this is the Net we have.
'Censorship? It doesn't affect me?'
'I'm not into any of that stuff'...
Now that the Communications Decency Act has passed, we urge all people wishing to use electronic communications, but forced to limit their language and thus risk confusion, to consider using the following list of substitute words, which we feel the Senators involved will be reluctant to ban or censor...
Byrd- Noun- The posterior or hinder parts, specifically the anus.
Coats- Noun- Excrement, or as a verb to excrete.
Exon- Verb- To copulate with, the act of copulation.
Gorton- Noun- The female genitals, or specifically the vagina.
Gramm- Verb- To achieve orgasm. Also colloquially used as a noun.
Heflin- Noun- The female secondary sexual characteristics.
Helms- Noun- The male phallus.
An example of this usage might be as follows...
'Exon me !', she cried, as I licked her hot wet Gorton. She writhed under my teasing tongue as her Gramm washed over her, her juices pouring out. I moved up to suck and nibble her Heflins, only to have her clutch my Byrd, and drive my aching Helms into her waiting Gorton. 'Coats !', she said, 'We're being quoted in a political text !'
They're Coming to Take Us Away, HA HA...
OPEN YOUR EYES BEFORE THEY SHUT YOUR MOUTH !
Those who say it can not be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it. You can and should shape your own future; if you don't someone else surely will!
Humor
Let's take this lying down...
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The CITIZEN'S COALITION For COMMON DECENCYThe CITIZEN'S COALITION for COMMON DECENCY believes in a
clean-thinking and clean-acting America. An America with strong moral
principles. We are commited to the idea of legislating all communications, so that
all improper, un-American thoughts may be thoroughly stamped out. The Internet
is our new frontier, and we will fight our enemies, the purveyors of filth,
subversion and free-thought everywhere we find it.
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Smut Baby And when Mommy wasn't looking, baby would press HERE.
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Internet Pornography Debate Resolved!
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Telecom Bill Bugs So you always wanted to be a hacker? Post any bugs you find in this bugfilled program...Here's an example...
Title... Frank Zappa Bug
Bug... I don't know about you guys, but I think that TELECOM 1.1 is a great game! I already beat the evil SEE PROMPT! The only bug I found is when you get to the stairs in level three, and the Tipper Gore Zombies start comin' after ya, the RED PEN SLASHER OOZIE doesn't work unless you click on the right mouse button while signin' the Frank Zappa tunes that ya downloaded in level two! Then it sorta 'zaps' the zombies. Lots a Gore all over the screen! Pretty cool graphics!
I gotta tip for those of you that are still on level one. When the Doleminator comes chargin' after ya, git outta th' way! After he shoots off a few rounds he tires himself out and sits down to smoke a seegar! That's when you can WHACK him!
- Censor-U Movement Welcome to the CUM home page. We are purifying the Internet, and making it a fit place for our children. A place where sex is dirty and sick, where Netizens are as scared of the Net Police as Citizens are of the Real Police. A world with no privacy, where parents don't have to be responsible, and where once again, a small uptight minority can impose their morals on the natives of a new land.
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The eXonizer is here to protect you and your loved ones from the mountain of filthy, prurient slime that pervades every nook and cranny of the once-great World Wide Web.
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Baby's Protest
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EFF, The Electronic Fruit Foundation Why YOU should be fighting for your right to free peach!
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Net Nymph Net Nymph - The only software on the Internet that let's you view only pornography, without the annoyance, and nuisance of all other useless information.
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Regulate the Internet Your Way! Rewrite the Communications Decency Act of 1996. It's not civil disobedience -- it's just silly.
As Ira Glasser, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, has noted, 'This law restructures the entire telecommunications industry and places the free speech and privacy rights of all Internet users in permanent jeopardy. For a Congress that says it wants to get big government out of people's lives, this law represents the most extreme hypocrisy.'
There's More to Tell, What Senator Exon Did to us...
What Exon didn't tell you, however, is that the bill has slapped criminal liabilities on all Internet service providers, commercial online services, bulletin board systems and even electronic mail providers whenever their services are used to transmit any material that's considered "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent." Oh yeah, the person actually responsible for sending the message gets hammered as well, with up to US$100,000 in fines and two years behind bars.
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Friends, things are changing. Amongst other things, the date of the march has been changed from June 30th until {tentatively} Sunday, September 29th. Why ??? Organizing the march has been a LOT harder than we had anticipated. The Court challenge against the CD A is proceeding far faster and far better than we had hoped. And there are other Net Issues ahead... the Crypto Bill is our next challenge.
SO YOU CAN'T GO TO THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
DO WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING...TURN YOUR PAGE BLACK...NO, NOT LIKE BEFORE...TOTALLY BLACK...SHUT THE WEB DOWN FOR A DAY...TOTALLY BLACK...NO COOL LINKS OR NEAT GRAFIX...TOTALLY BLACK...SPREAD THE WORD...TOTALLY BLACK...
These pages are no longer black to protest the Communications Decency Act. They're black because it is the appropriate color for Net Censorship. Censorship is a means of oppression dating from the dark ages of mankind.
48 HOURS IS NOT ENOUGH
Please add to your page
Three months ago it would have taken me a week or so to make my page black... Today it took me about 10 minutes to change about 18 pages... 48 hours is not enough...
How do I do it?
Add this bit of code to go black ...
BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#FFFFFF" LINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#00FF00" VLINK="#0000FF"
Don't forget the little code tags at the ends...
You can turn this page black and blue by visiting all the links on it...
There are over 150 links on this set of pages, so you better get a wristpad before you start...
Cosmic Rays go beyond free speech...
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