April 12, 2003
Sex and the Internet
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Legal Background / Key Cases
l“Harmful to minors”: Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629
(1968)
lObscenity: Miller v.
California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
lChild pornography: New York v.
Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
lCDA and Internet speech: Reno v.
ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
lCOPA: ACLU v. Ashcroft, 217 F.3d 162 (3d Cir. 2000)
lCIPA: Multnomah Co. Library v. USA combined with
American
Library Association v. USA (2002)
lBlocking: Mainstream Loudoun v. Bd. of Trustees of
the Loudoun County Library, 24 F.Supp.2d 552 (E.D.Va. 1998)
lLibrary’s role: Kreimer v.
Bureau of Police, 958 F.2d 1242, 1255 (3d Cir. 1992) (“quintessential locus of the
receipt of information”)
lLibrary liability: Kathleen R.
v. City of Livermore and librarian working conditions case