Previous Politech message: "U.S. court says Yahoo can thumb nose at wacky French laws" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02770.html --- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 15:18:31 -0400 From: Ari Schwartz <ariat_private> Subject: CDT, Public Interest Groups File Brief in Yahoo! Case CDT, the ACLU, and a broad coalition of other public interest groups have filed a friend-of-the-court brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals urging the court to uphold free expression rights in a case with broad international implications. The brief, available at http://www.cdt.org/jurisdiction/020506yahoo.pdf , makes a strong case for the continued preservation of free speech rights online, emphasizing that content laws of other nations which violate the First Amendment should be deemed unenforceable by U.S. courts. A second brief, filed by concerned members of the Internet industry, is expected shortly, and will be available on CDT's web site. Last year, a French court ordered U.S. publisher Yahoo! to limit the display of Nazi memorabilia and other artifacts on web sites hosted by yahoo.com. Such displays are protected by the First Amendment in the U.S., but are illegal in France. In November, a U.S. court rejected the French order, preserving free speech online and setting an important precedent for future attempts at international content regulation. The U.S. court's ruling has now been appealed. For more information and court documents concerning the Yahoo! case, visit http://www.cdt.org/jurisdiction/ The CDT, ACLU, et al. brief is available at http://www.cdt.org/jurisdiction/020506yahoo.pdf. For comment, please contact Alan Davidson (abdat_private) or Paula Bruening (pbrueningat_private) at 202-637-9800. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign this pro-therapeutic cloning petition: http://www.franklinsociety.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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