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From: Ringworld-Engineer@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: alt.sex,news.admin
Subject: Is alt.sex about to be legislated away?
Message-ID: <9644@cup.portal.com>
Date: 2 Oct 88 04:22:03 GMT
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Ok, all you alt.sex-ers. Time to call your congressman, or we may have to
kiss alt.sex goodbye.

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>   A NETWORKER'S JOURNAL
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>          Vol. 4  Sept. 30, 1988  No. 5
>
>
>SENATE PASSES ANTI-PORN BILL THAT COULD TARGET COMPUTERS
>
>   The Senate this week unanimously passed a bill that would bar computer
>distribution of child pornography and outlaw dial-a-porn telephone services.
>   Sponsored by Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., the proposal, which passed 97-0,
>was grafted to an unrelated bill requiring large companies to offer at least 
>10 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to employees with medical
>emergencies or new babies.
>    If it becomes law, the porn measure would define new crimes and
>punishments, including fines of up to $250,000 for many offenses and prison
>terms ranging from two years to life.
>     Among other things, the amendment would make it illegal to sell or 
>possess child pornography, ban sexually-explicit computer transmission SUCH 
>AS SEX-ORIENTED BULLETIN BOARDS and those advertising child pornography, 
>require producers of video porn to document the ages of persons appearing in 
>the material and outlaw pornographic programs on cable TV.

Other than the fact that certain parts of this seem to be in violation of the
first ammendment, I'm very worried that it passed 97-0, which implies it is 
not a partisan issue.

James