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Bloggers celebrate court ruling

...be the first to make clear that a 1996 law called the Communications Decency Act protects not only providers, but also users of online services... Read more

21 November, 2006 by Anne Broache

EBay survives Grateful Dead suit

...a high street retailer. The judge threw out the case, citing the Communications Decency Act which dictates that a computer service provider cannot be held... Read more

9 November, 2000 by Graeme Wearden

US Report: Senate passes Net tax ban

...form of adult identification. The amendment was patterned on last year's Communications Decency Act, which would have banned public display of materials deemed "indecent... Read more

9 October, 1998 by Will Rodger

A-rockin' and a-rollin' for Internet peace

...raiser one year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act. The non-profit organisation lobbies Silicon Valley for high-tech... Read more

29 June, 1998 by ZDNet

US kicks out online decency act

...the evolution of the Internet, the Supreme Court today ruled that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment , affirming two lower court rulings barring... Read more

27 June, 1997 by Maria Seminerio

US Report: Hayes declares bankruptcy

Veteran modem maker Hayes Corp. declared bankruptcy today, saying it will continue to operate while looking for additional funding. Read more

9 October, 1998 by Margaret Kane

Judge upholds COPA injunction

...repeatedly refers to the Supreme Court's 1997 ruling striking down the Communications Decency Act on First Amendment grounds. It states that while it was... Read more

2 February, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

CDA verdict won't affect UK fight for Net decency

The collapse of the Communications Decency Act in the US will have no bearing on the fight... Read more

27 June, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones

Google accused of profiting from child porn

...that the suit may not go far. Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act protects providers and users of an "interactive computer service" from... Read more

8 May, 2006 by Anne Broache

Where the lobbying power lies

...events like the Microsoft antitrust trial — and, to a lesser extent, the Communications Decency Act, Y2K liability caps and encryption export limits — technology companies sought... Read more

29 March, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

Tech firms go on a legislative offensive

...Online and Microsoft bankrolled part of the lawsuit to defeat the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Also that year, California tech firms joined together to oppose... Read more

28 March, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

False feedback okay - court

...federal law cited in the ruling was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act, itself part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. It says that... Read more

10 February, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

California juggles anti-spam bills

One bill is thrown out while another progresses to further consideration Read more

3 July, 2003 by Paul Festa

European 'news rights' are all wrong

...Dalzell was serving on a three-judge panel that rejected the absurd Communications Decency Act as a violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of... Read more

17 June, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

US court rejects Web porn law

A court has struck down for the second time a US law that would imprison commercial Web site operators who do not cordon off sexually explicit material from minors Read more

7 March, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

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