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As you may know, a portion of the Dept. of Education appropriations for
2001 contained language specifically requiring all libraries and schools
that receive any federal funding (e.g. e-rate discount) to protect minors
from online smut.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/technology/21FILT.html>
It looks as though the ACLU and the American Libraries Association will
challenge the legislation in US court, but only as it applies to the
*libraries* section of the legislation.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/19/technology/19CYBERLAW.html>
As you may also know, N2H2 has announced its plans to discontinue its
Bess Partner Program in which the Seattle Public Schools participate and
through which Web advertising is delivered to each and every one of the
district's computers. In June, the district will need to make a
decision whether to return to a "fee-for-service" arrangement and purchase
the two N2H2-provided servers or participate in a different N2H2 program.
N2H2 recently announced a new business plan that involves a partnership
with Mailbox.com to supply filtered e-mail service to schools and
districts. <http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010111/ny_mail_co.html> Mailbox.com
uses intensive advertising while delivering its mail service. Not
coincidently, the new service requires processing speed that can be easily
accomplished by the two N2H2-provided servers.
Here is a website N2H2 set up with information on the new federal law:
<http://www.filteringinfo.org>
As expected, N2H2 sees this law as great for their business. In fact, at
the close of yesterday's NASDAQ, N2H2 ended at $1.63. It has shown a
dramatic rise since the day before the legislation was passed when its
stock was trading at 25 cents a share.
It isn't quite a dot-to-dot picture, but it's close.
Kurt Sahl
bluesky@scn.org
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