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    Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises.

  • Supreme Court backs library Net filters

    In a blow to an alliance of librarians and free speech advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a law that requires libraries to filter Web content or lose certain federal funds.

  • Foes lock horns in Web filtering case

    The US Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether a federal law aimed at installing Internet filters on public library systems adequately balances free expression with restricting sexually-explicit material.

  • Taming the Web

    Not long ago, civil libertarians looked to cyberspace as the utopia of ultimate freedom, beyond the reach of restrictive technologies and government regulators.Today, that dream may be fading with the hyper-speed of Internet time.

  • Filters face free-speech test

    The ramifications of a new US law forcing public libraries to filter Internet content against their will or risk losing federal funds may impact Australia. But free-speech advocates are fighting back.

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  • Bridging the gap, but is it too little too late?

    PictBridge was the darling of digital imaging for just about the whole of 2003. Yet, here we are, midway into 2004, and we're still to see it impacting purchase decisions. What's happening?

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