[109473] in Cypherpunks
It's illegal in Japan to have porn in the US...(was Re: ECARM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Mar 25 09:19:30 1999
In-Reply-To: <199903250700.CAA24857@marcella.ecarm.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:01:10 -0500
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
From the "everything's illegal everywhere" front.
Tennessee was just the beginning.
Cheers,
RAH
At 2:00 AM -0500 on 3/25/99, ecarm-news@ecarm.org wrote:
> Title: Japanese Court Ruling Could Impact Internet Law
>
> Resource Type: News Article
> Date: 23 Mar 1999, 3:47 PM CST
> Source: Newsbytes
> Author: Martin Stone
> Keywords: COURT RULING ,IMPACT ,INTERNAT LAW ,INTERNET/WWW
>
> Abstract/Summary:
> A court decision in Japan could establish jurisdictional precedents
>worldwide which
> would impact Internet activity and content, says an expert in Internet law.
>
> Last week, a Japanese court convicted a man of distributing obscene
>material via the
> World Wide Web even though the Web server that stored and transmitted
>the images
> was located in the US.
>
> Michael Geist, a law professor specializing in Internet law at the
>University of Ottawa,
> says the decision could affect not only pornographic postings, but hate
>propaganda
> and online gambling operations as well, despite the fact that many such
>operators locate
> their computers in jurisdictions where their activities are legal.
>
> Original URL: http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/128325.html
>
> Added: Wed Mar 24 22:19:1 -050 1999
> Contributed by: Keeffee
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Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
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