http://connect.educause.edu/display/45750 http://connect.educause.edu/display/45750 http://connect.educause.edu/educause/images/e_rss.png Comments for "Wi-Fi 'illegal images' politician defends legislation" en http://connect.educause.edu/display/45750 <p>The Democratic sponsor of a bill forcing anyone with an open Wi-Fi connection to report illegal images--or pay fines of up to $300,000--says a recent Internet outcry over the legislation misses the point.</p><p>Rep. Nick Lampson of Texas, who drafted the bill that the House of Representatives <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9829759-38.html" title="House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites -- Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007">approved this week</a>, said through a spokesman on Thursday that he didn't actually mean to target Americans who happen to have Wi-Fi access points at home. The legislation also covers social-networking sites, domain name registrars, Internet service providers, and e-mail service providers such as Hotmail and Gmail.</p> http://connect.educause.edu/display/45750#comments Federal Privacy Law Internet Content Regulation ISP Monitoring and Surveillance Policy and Law: Federal SAFE Act Social Computing wi-fi Wireless Technology Contributed by Organizations or Campuses Articles, Papers, and Reports Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:58:14 -0600 ckeller 45750 at http://connect.educause.edu