FEPP Archives
- Press Releases and Advisories - 2003-04
The
Treasury Department Changes Its Mind
(December 15, 2004) - Responding to
a lawsuit, the U.S. government will now allow the publication of books
and articles by writers in Iran, Cuba, and Sudan.
Brennan
Center Joins Legal Challenge to Employee Certification Mandate
(November 10, 2004) - The government requires that all charities participating
in the "Combined Federal Campaign" check their employees against "terrorist
related" lists.
Comments
to the FCC on Broadcast Localism
(November 1, 2004) - The Brennan Center for Justice, the Consumer Federation
of America, and 30 other organizations urged the agency responsible for
regulating the public airwaves to repair the lack of localism and diversity
in commercial broadcasting by providing more opportunities for independent
community-oriented nonprofit media.
Nobel
Prizewinner Shirin Ebadi Joins Lawsuit Against OFAC Regulations
(October 26, 2004) - FEPP is co-counsel in the original
challenge to rules that ban books and articles from Iran, Cuba, North
Korea, or Sudan.
Publishers
and Authors Sue Treasury Dep't
(September 27, 2004) - FEPP is co-counsel for PEN American
Center and Arcade Publishing in a suit challenging rules that ban books
and articles from Iran, Cuba, North Korea, or Sudan.
Brennan
Center and EFF Ask the FCC Not to Censor Digital Radio
(June
17, 2004) - If the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gets
its way, consumers will not be able to listen to digital radio broadcasts
unless they use an industry-approved device. The Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF) and the Brennan Center for Justice filed comments with the Federal
Communications Commission in an attempt to stop the RIAA's plan to regulate
digital radio technologies of the future.
FEPP
Files Brief in CIPA Case
(February 11, 2003) - FEPP's brief on behalf of Partnership For
Progress on the Digital Divide, Harlem Live, and other organizations argues
that the "Children's Internet Protection Act" (CIPA) worsens
the digital divide and relegates many Americans to second-class information
citizenship. CIPA forces libraries to install Internet filters on all
computers as a condition of receiving e-rate discounts or other federal
aid for Internet connections.
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