Who-gets-paid, and an N2H2 (censorware company) potkettleblack
I've been through N2H2's (a censorware company) motion to dismiss the case Edelman v. N2H2 (regarding the right to examine censorware blacklists). Let me write just one note today.
On page 3 of the motion, N2H2 starts off a section by writing:
"Edelman, who has in the past been paid to examine N2H2's system opposed to Internet filtering, ...."
Now, now, N2H2, you're not a charity. Moreover, it's not as if employees of N2H2 haven't been paid by parties seeking to impose mandatory censorware laws, such as: (emphasis added)
Courts: Library Filtering Of Internet Sites Found Unconstitutional
...Filtering companies reacted defensively. "I think they are just holding filters up to too high a standard," said David Burt, director of public relations for N2H2. Although Burt's company is officially neutral on CIPA, he was a paid consultant to the Justice Department on defense strategy.
National Journal's Technology Daily, 05-31-2002
Note: Myself, I've never gotten paid for any of my anticensorware investigations, but I wish I had!
By Seth Finkelstein |
posted in activism
, censorware
, legal
|
on October 19, 2002 11:56 PM
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