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LEGISLATION Continued from Page 1 Many University administrators and pro fessors think M.innn is proposing a lull that is not only technically infeasible. but also morally misguided. Andraej Proskurowski. a professor in the department of Computer and Information Sc ience at the University, said “obscene information" is a societal problem, not a tin hnologv-related problem if kids can slay up late and watch .1 pornographic show on TV, that is no worse than them downloading that kind of infor motion from the Internet. Proskurowski said Pornography should be dealt with by soc i ety as a whole, and not by targeting a - ertain outlet, he said, Proskurowski also said "ti-c hnic ally, try mg to stop ohsi one materials from iieing car ried on the Internet would lie like building an inch-high speed bump ' Joanne Hugi. director of the University Computing Center, said it is possible to block m i ess to c ertain newsgroups that art known to carry pornographic materials, but "there's always a way around that " Obscene materials could be carried on new sgroups that are not bloc ked or on Pile Transport Protocol (FTP) sites FTP sites are coilet lions of files that are usually anonv mous. Mum said *h« opposes most censorship of the Internet I'm a fairly strong supporter of the f ir*! Amendment,” she -.aid jnn Cuny. an assoc iate professor of com puter scimu e, said attempts at censoring the Internet would impure judgmental dec is ions on whether materials are obscene ' It means we would have to. for instance, get someone at the University to decide what is right and wrong." she said There is an incredible amount of information on the net that would need to l»e examined PltMtkurowski also foresees the difficulties in trying to censor the vast information net works of the Internet "You would have to hove a bodv of t en -..ns with a student adv .snrv i ommittee on and on," he said in the end thev wouldn't lie doing anything because you i an still get pornographii materials out there All you need to do is pit k up a Flaybov Mike Godwin wrote in Hired magazine in February that universities that offer free access to newsgroups do not need to fear legal liability Act ordirtg to Godwin, t senet a popular Internet service, is too large for anyone to presume to have knowledge of alt the tnfor million it carries The Supreme Court said that without that knowledge there is no lia bilily (iodvvin's editorial criticized ns cut efforts iit l arni v.it' Station I huversily in Pittsburgh. Pa . to ban some newsgroups believed la carry pornographic materials Sliiiiniv has il«i proposed a bill that would require operators of computer net works to keep rei orris of network users and (Miopia who at i ess personal information about others \i i union; to M.iunsMi kuhlman Matmix's legislative assistant. House Hill 2310 would t reate more at t mmtahiltty in network infor mation services "You would have to identify yourself when you at i ess someone's (tersonal ns ords." she said ( tirrvntlv there are wholesale publit rei ortls ilia! anyone t an use for any reason " Mmins said tins lull wuiiltl also Is- res isetl “1 intend fur it to focus on private corpo rations most Is Iu> said It would ensure tlial people cannot access personal information that companies hold Lauradel (jollins, an assistant administra tor for the t omputer st u*m e department. said Mannix does not realize the let hint a! diffi i tilth's of instituting such a bill Network operators would end up storing useless data no one would ever look at,' ( ollms said Chink of a phone 1 ompany try mg to t ornpile ,1 list on anyone who calls a number " RETURN Continued from Page 1 eUstronit mail, daily Fedim ill Fxpress pj*( kages and \ idea tfl«H onferem mg. 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