Re: S.652 (H.R. 1555)

[Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>]

On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Declan B. McCullagh wrote:

> Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 8-Jan-96 S.652 (H.R. 1555) by Harry
> Bartholomew@netcom 
> >     Perhaps some of our more lawyerly types can decipher whether
> >     it is getting better or worse as the conference committee chews.
> >     Not I.
> 
> I'm not a lawyerly type by any means, but my understanding is that it's
> getting worse:
> 
> * The provision prohibiting the FCC from regulating the Net has been removed.
> * The max fine for "indecent" speech is now $250,000.
                                              ^^^^^^^^^

Probably accomplished by making the "crime" a felony.  Standard fine for 
Title 18 cases is $250,000 (there are exceptions, of course.

EBD