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Re: Utah governor signs Net-porn bill

  • From: Richard Irving
  • Date: Tue Mar 22 12:31:11 2005 

Bill Woodcock wrote:
> The measure, SB 260, says: "Upon request by a consumer, a service provider
> may not transmit material from a content provider site listed on the adult
> content registry."
> > Its entirely voluntary on the part of the consumer.
It's also voluntary on the part of the service provider.
   What !?!  Surely you Jest!

   So, it is voluntary on _both_ sides, _and_
it was made into a _law_ ?

  Can anyone confirm this ?
Of course no one would be so foolish as to try to legislate the operation of the Internet without having read RFC 2119, and anyone familiar with that document would understand the difference between "MAY not" and "MUST NOT".

:-)

-Bill