Resumen
The Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court, inspiring supporters and critics alike to produce a delightful potpourri of argumentation, good and bad. The author will weave some of this argumentation into his general observations about the CDA. He wants to encourage fellow technologists to raise the quality and level of this important, ongoing discussion. The two positions seem to define the spectrum in the CDA debate are: indecency on the Internet is a case of what Mike Godwin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "Cyburban Myth"-there is no problem and indecency on the Internet flourishes and puts the children at risk of being exposed to and harmed by pornography. The Communications Decency Act of 1996 is legislation that prohibits use of telecommunication devices for the transmissions of any obscene or indecent message, knowing that the recipient of the communication is under 18 years of age.