On Feb 6, 2008 2:18 PM, Shane Hathaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just had a thought... if a bill like this says filtering is required, > how accurate must the filter be? Let's say I set up a web proxy that > blocks URLs based on some hand crafted regular expressions. The > accuracy might be low, yet my proxy technically qualifies as a censoring > filter. Does it qualify for the requirements of the bill? Let's say I > put some real effort into making a good filter on my own; at what point > is the accuracy good enough that I am no longer liable when the filter > lets bad stuff through? > > We must not have a law that mandates filtering for the public unless we > have a way to measure filter accuracy. Is anyone attempting to find a > way to measure it? If we pass a bill before there is some reliable way > to decide whether a filter is compliant, we'll just end up with a lot of > wasteful litigation.
This bill does no such thing. Go read the text. I'm not in favor of the bill but you should all know that it applies only to access points operated by businesses and only requires that they attempt to verify age by a method (valid credit card) that can't actually verify age, or by visually inspecting a gov't ID. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillint/hb0139.htm It also has some mumbo-jumbo about retailers labeling devices as being wifi capable. Absolutely nothing about filtering of any kind. I've been curious to listen to the meeting in question to see how much people have misunderstood this bill. It's hard to fight something you don't understand. I was very sad to hear Pete Ashdown misrepresent it on the radio. It seems that he didn't take time to read the bill either. Now having said that it's clear that this bill won't accomplish what it purports and it seems that for-pay wireless providers may be behind it's inception. T-Mobile (or whoever) must know that Xmission is providing a free alternative to their service and Pete has said that he'll back down if this bill passes so it's logical to conclude that someone is lining Rep Daw's pockets (or at least wispering lies in his ear). /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
