http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52818,00.html Besieged ISP Restores Pearl Vid By Declan McCullagh 11:50 a.m. May 28, 2002 PDT WASHINGTON -- The unedited video of journalist Daniel Pearl being murdered is back online. An Internet hosting company in Virginia, which the FBI threatened last week with federal obscenity charges, said on Monday afternoon that it would resume distribution of the horrific 4-minute video. Pro Hosters owner Ted Hickman said he and his customer, ogrish.com, decided to thumb their nose at the bureau's warnings for two reasons: A realization that the FBI's threats were spurious, and the legal aid of the American Civil Liberties Union. "We have decided to take the hot seat in this position, mainly because we and ogrish.com believe strongly in freedom of speech and freedom of press and the First Amendment," Hickman said. "It's definitely something that I think people should be able to view if they choose to." Last week, FBI agents from the Newark field office contacted a number of hosting companies, including Pro Hosters. After consulting with his customer -- ogrish.com owner Dany Klinker, who lives in the Netherlands -- Hickman deleted the video showing the 38-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter being slain in Pakistan by a radical Muslim group. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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