I thought about doing a piece on the Supreme Courts decision but it had already been done better.

• Supreme Court Decision Analysis
• Supreme Court Forces Libraries To Censor
• More on the Supreme Court Forcing Libraries to Censor
• Round-up of Links About SCOTUS Decision to Censor Library Internet Access
• A New Filtering Proposal
• FAQ on E-rate Compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act
• ALA’s FAQ

While this is a tragedy, the awful part is that it doesn’t seem so bad compared to the Patriot Act and the DMCA

Update 7/7/03: There are starting to be sensible options for dealing with the new regulations.

Update 7/25/03: FCC CIPA Rules- links to the final rules and an analysis.

Update 7/27/03: More on open-source solutions