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The Future of the Internet?

     By Ed Schaefer eds@theriver.com .

     As a computer consultant and programmer I am very interested in
     the future of the Internet. On February 8th that future became
     shrouded in doubt. The passage and signing of the
     Telecommunications Act with the addition of the so-called
     Computer Decency Act marks a black page in the history of the
     Internet and this country.

     Now that the politicians have failed to live up to the
     Constitution our best hope lies with the courts. Let us hope that
     the judges that hear the challenges to the CDA see it for what it
     really is: political expediency at its worst!

     In the meantime, talk about the CDA to anyone who will listen.

     The future of the Internet as well as the future of freedom
     depend on it!

     "I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I shall not live my
     life for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for
     the sake of mine."
     (Ayn Rand)

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