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Monopoly Control of Broadband Internet Threatens Free Speech (03/29/2005)

Speech at Risk Under COPA (02/27/2004)

Melvin v. Doe (01/15/2004)
Featurette on the privacy case of Melvin v. Doe

International Cybercrime Treaty (12/18/2003)
Feature on the International Cybercrime Treaty

Library filtering after US v. ALA: What does it all mean and what should we do (08/01/2003)
ACLU Memo: Library filtering after US v. ALA: What does it all mean and what should we do

Ashcroft v. ACLU: Supreme Court Maintains Ban on Censorship Law (03/07/2003)
Feature page on ACLU challenge to Internet Censorsip law, the "Child Online Protection Act"

Supreme Court Hears Web-Blocking Case (03/04/2003)
Web Feature on CIPA case (U.S. v. American Library Association, et. al.)

Important Internet Free Speech Litigation (11/19/2002)
Links to pending ACLU litigation

Feature on Edelman v. N2H2 lawsuit (07/25/2002)
ACLU asks a federal court in Massachusetts to rule that a computer researcher has First Amendment and ""fair use"" rights to examine the full list of sites contained in an Internet blocking program and to share his research tools and results with others.

Benjamin Edelman's lawsuit FAQ (07/25/2002)

No Competiton - ACLU White Paper on Broadband (07/11/2002)

Broadband Report - Technical Analysis (07/11/2002)
Independent technical report commissioned by the ACLU and conducted by Columbia Telecommunications Corporation: "Technological analysis of Open Access and Cable Television Systems"

Technological analysis of Open Access and Cable Television Systems (07/07/2002)

Post-trial documents: Multnomah County et. al. v. United States et. al. (05/31/2002)

Feature on Multnomah v. US - Challenge to Library Web Blocking Law (05/31/2002)
ACLU Web feature on Multnomah County Public Library v. U.S. The Supreme Court battle over CIPA and the library web blocking law

Other closed Internet free speech cases (05/06/2002)

Notes on Progress of Multnomah v. US, Web Blocking Law (04/01/2002)
A brief report on several days of the trial in the ACLU's challenge to a government law mandating censorship in libraries:

Plaintiffs in Multnomah v. US (03/29/2002)
List of plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case testing the CIPA and web blocking at libraries

Karn v. US Dept. of State - Amicus Brief (02/27/2002)

Barry Steinhardt Remarks at Security and Freedom Through Encryption Forum (02/25/2002)
First, let me thank Jerry Berman and his staff at CDT for organizing this important forum. I also want to salute the members of Congress and Industry representative who participated in the forum and who have supported legislative actions to ensure the rights of Americans to engage in private and secure communications using encryption.