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

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 6, 2000

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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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