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Internet Access In Public Libraries

By Jonathan Bick
February 03, 2006

The law and communications advances ' and the boundaries of current technology ' sometimes combine to slow or otherwise impinge to some degree on commerce of all kinds, including e-commerce, and even the publicly accessed commerce of ideas in the at-large forum of discussion that forms such a solid and critical foundation for democracy.

Consider, for instance, that technological limitations require Internet filters mandated by the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) ' codified at 20 USC 9134 (2001) and 47 U.S.C. 254(h) (2001) ' to block more Internet access by public library patrons than is necessary. The downside of these beyond-the-horizon limitations is that adult patrons are kept from accessing constitutionally protected material, which may cause CIPA to be invalidated.

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