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Prerequsite to reading the bill: Basic Internet Terminology

Browser: used to access a Web site in compiled form.

Client: used to access a service (FTP, Finger, Gopher, UseNet, etc...)

CP: Content Provider

Domain: Between the www and the .whatever.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol.

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language. Programming (scripting) language used for Websites.

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

ISP: Internet Service Provider.

Internet: "Network of networks". Broad term for various telecommunications services available to computers by modem.

Java: Internet-ready modular programming language invented by Sun Microsystems.

URL / Hyperlink: the long "http://whatever" address for a site.

World Wide Web: network of Internet service providers, corporations, universities, and informational servers, commonly referred to as the "Web" or WWW.

IP Address: The specific server address for a Web site or other service, changes for each user. 10 digit number, plus port configuration.

UNIX: operating system run by Web servers.

1) To amend the Telecommunications Decency Act
2) This act may be referred to as the "Internet Obscenity Act". It is needed to stem the onslaught of
3) pornographic Websites and newsgroups, especially those that contain child pornography or refer
4) to violent acts, and to set up regulations regarding the illegal marketing of pornographic material
5) to minors (including the prevention of underage visitation of these areas).
6) This act, if passed, will prevent obscene language, including but not limited to (censored)
7) from being used in the domain names of U.S. hosted Web sites. It will also require
8) IP filters, splash screens, and authorization gateways for all Web pages that provide
9) adult content. IP confirmation should be routed through the user's ISP, to make absolutely
10) sure that only people over the age of 18 have access to a site.
11) An amendment requiring credit card verification, regardless of whether a site is "free" or not,
12) might be in order. Amendments regulating graphical banner advertising and illegal META
13) use on search engines might also be considered. Optional software for public computers
14) and home PCs with Internet access should be provided, with no fee larger than a nominal
15) disk reproduction or downloading right attached.
16) This bill effects everyone who will ever use the U.S. portion of the Internet, whether their
17) intent is to provide or to access content. The job of CPs would not be too much more
18) difficult, because many already abide by the proposed guidelines, and registering to display
19) adult content is already integrating into the domain application process by several leading
20) companies, including Network Solutions Inc. (NSI), and our own Federal Internic.
21) The bill will be carried out by a joint commission and members of organizations such as
22) Internic. Feedback from major corporations would be needed to pass the bill, and
23) amendments are negotiable.
SIGNATURE: Derik Stiller