FEPP Archives - News - 2003
Appeals
Court Stops File-Sharing Subpoenas
(December 19, 2003) - The D.C. Circuit's decision bars the recording industry
from forcing ISPs to reveal the names of subscribers for whom they simply
transmit e-mail or provide Internet conections; but it may provide only
temporary relief to those who share music online.
Supreme
Court Upholds the Campaign Finance Law
(December 10, 2003) - Recognizing that influence-peddling
and political corruption are undermining our democracy, the Supreme Court
has turned back a constitutional challenge to the major provisions of
the McCain-Feingold law.
New
Government Report is a Sales Pitch for Internet Filters
(August 15, 2003) - The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's
flawed report naively accepts the claims of filter manufacturers.
Appeals
Court Strikes Down St. Louis Video Games Law
(June 3, 2003) - The decision agrees with FEPP's brief on behalf of 33
media scholars that experimenters have not proven violent content to have
widespread adverse effects.
A Disappointing Day at the Supreme Court
(March 5, 2003) - At oral argument on the "Children's Internet
Protection Act," most of the justices seemed unconcerned about the
censorious and irrational operation of Internet filters.
"Your
Revolution" is Not "Indecent" After All
(February 20, 2003) - Under pressure from a lawsuit by the feminist
rapper Sarah Jones, the FCC changed its mind and ruled Jones's powerful
rap poem is not indecent after all.
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