Hotwired - LAWSUIT: How to Join CIEC

[Douglas Tooley]

This looks good -


In a previous article, tomh at cyberzine.org (Tom Hicks) says:

>Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 17:25:27 -0800 (PST)
>To: telstar at wired.com
>From: telstar at wired.com (--Todd Lappin-->)
>Subject: LAWSUIT: How to Join CIEC
>
>
>I've received several requests during the last few days from Net users who
>want to join the CIEC lawsuit as members of the Citizens Internet
>Empowerment Coalition.
>
>As a result, I've attached the text of the "How you can join the CIEC  
>Court
>Challenge " Web site in this message.
>
>One important note:  Registration to join the court challenge can ONLY be
>completed on the Web.  For organizational reasons, registration via email
>is NOT possible.  (Sorry about that.)
>
>To register, go to: http://www.cdt.org/ciec/
>
>Also, please remember that registration ends on March 15. Better hurry.
>
>Over 1850 Internet Users have joined the suit as of 11:00 AM on 2/28/96.
>
>Spread the word!
>
>--Todd Lappin-->
>Section Editor
>WIRED Magazine
>
>=========================================================
>
>Protect Free Speech Online -- Join the CIEC Court Challenge
>
>http://www.cdt.org/ciec/
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>What is the Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition?
>
>The Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition (CIEC - pronounced "seek") is  
>a
>coalition of Internet users, businesses, non-profit organizations and  
>civil
>liberties advocates formed to challenge the constitutionality of the
>Communications Decency Act because they believe it violates their free
>speech rights and condments the Internet to a future of burdensome
>censorship and government intrusion.
>
>** How Can I Help Protect the Internet and the Future of Free Speech in  
>the
>Information Age?
>
>You can participate in a landmark effort that will determine the fate of
>the Internet and the future of free expression in the Information Age.
>Every user of the Internet is a content provider under the Communications
>Decency Act (CDA) and could be subject to fines and prison sentences under
>the new law. If you post messages to an open listserv, Usenet newsgroups,
>participate in IRC or chat sessi ons, or maintain your own personal Web
>Page, ftp or gopher archive, you may be subject to fines up to $250,000 or
>2 years in prison under the CDA if someone, somewhere, finds the material
>you post to be "indecent" or 'patently offensive".
>
>If you are concerned about the impact of the Communications Decency Act,
>you can join the fight to overturn it. Join the CIEC today! (the deadline
>for joining is March 15, 1996)
>
>** Instructions for Joining the CIEC
>
>Joining the CIEC as an individual Internet user is a simple as filling out
>a form on the CIEC Web page. Individual CIEC members will also be invited
>to join a private listserv for announcements and status reports on the
>progress of the case.
>
>** Statement of CIEC Principals
>
>(This is the statement that you are, in effect, signing by joining the  
>suit.)
>
>As an individual user of the of the Internet, I join the Citizens Internet
>Empowerment Coalition to challenge the Communications Decency Act because  
>I
>believe in:
>
>-- Promoting the continued development of the Internet as a forum for the
>free exchange of valuable information and ideas.
>
>-- Promoting the ability of parents and other individual users to  
>supervise
>and assist their children in accessing the wealth of information resouces
>available on this global communications medium, free from government
>censorship.
>
>As an individual user of the Internet, I am subject to the restrictions
>imposed by the Communications Decency Act. While it is clear that I am
>subject to criminal penalties under this law, I neither understand what
>materials would be illegal nor how I can avoid prosecution. I believe that
>the CDA will restrict my rights to free speech under the United States
>Constitution and destroy the Internet as a viable means of free  
>expression,
>education, and commerce.
>
>(Please Note: For legal purposes, you must provide your name and a valid
>snail mail address in order to join the coalition. Forms submitted without
>an address will not be processed. Please be sure to read the Terms And
>Conditions/Privacy Policy below.)
>
>
>** Terms and Conditions/Privacy Policy:
>
>The Information collected will not be used for any purpose other than
>printing a list of Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition members in
>official court documents and other filings by the CIEC. It will not be
>reused, sold, rented, loaned, or available for use for any other purpose.
>It is possible in defending the constitutionality of the CDA, the
>government may request a complete list of the names and addresses of
>coalition members.
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>For More Information, send email to ciec at cdt.org
>
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>     /  /  ##       \|       Barking back with technology!
>    /  /__________\  \
>    \  \           \__\_
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>http://www.cyberzine.org/html/Speech/speechpage.html
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>
>
>


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