The First Amendment: Sex, Laws, And Cyberspace

Part I of Essay
A Michigan college student posts sadistic fantasy about a classmate to an Internet newsgroup and is charged with the threat to injure. A postal inspector in Memphis, Tennessee downloads a pornographic image off the Internet and the California couple who posted it is arres ....

Part II of Essay
.... dangerous. The pressure on the government to regulate the Internet is tremendous, and the implications of their judicial and legislative decisions will be far-reaching. Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace examines these battles and includes interviews with key players in both pro- and anti- regulation camps. The authors offer a spirited defense of the freedoms now under fire, and suggest ways to monitor the “net” without stifling it. As an example the reader must look at is Jake Baker who liked to write savage, pornographic snuff stories and post t ....