CNET News.com: ACLU lawyers appeal Cyber Patrol copyright ruling

In their ongoing defense of Internet free speech, civil liberties lawyers today lodged another legal attack against a company that filters online pornography."

"Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Boston this morning appealed a judge's order that barred three Web site operators from posting code online that cracked into Cyber Patrol's blocking software...."

"What these guys were posting was not copyright-protected material," said Sarah Wunsch, an ACLU attorney in Boston. "We don't believe the judge has authority to issue a restraining order at all."

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