EFF "Censorship - Internet Censorship Legislation - Georgia (State)" Archive

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eff_hb1630_041696.letter: Letter from EFF Staff Counsel Shari Steele to GA governor, explaining why HB1630 is bad news and why he should veto it (he didn't).
ga_1981_16-9-90.law: full text of the statue modified by GA HB1630, as it appeared "on the books" (easier to understand in this form than in bill form.)
hb1630.alert: alert regarding GA state bill HB1630, and background info on it and its sponsor.
hb1630_96.act: Incredibly stupid and unconstitutional legislation authored by state legislator (and BellSouth employee) Don Parsons that makes it a crime to be anonyous or pseudonymous online, to use anyone else's trademark in an email address or domain name (even if the trademark is in a completely different area of commerce and not applicable to online services), and other terrible things. Passed into state law by governor, Apr. 18, 1996.

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EFGA_v_GA/: Link to directory of info on the EFGA, EFF, ACLU, et al. v. GA case, challenging the Georgia (state) "Net police" bill on constitutional grounds.

More info on this legislation: (from the Conservative Policy Caucus of the GA House of Representatives.)