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These issues may also affect the legality of your e-mail.

Note: Child pornography, obscenity, and most threats are illegal under both state and federal laws, and subject violators to harsh criminal penalties.

Federal: Child Pornography--U.S. Code Title 18, Chapter 110, Sections 2251-2260; Obscenity--Title 18, Chapter 71, Sections 1460-1469; Stalking--Title 18, Chapter 110A, Sections 2261-2266; Terrorism--Title 18, Chapter 113B, Sections 2331-2339B

Texas: Child Pornography--Penal Code Chapter 43, Section 26 and Family Code Chapter 261; Obscenity--Penal Code Title 9, Chapter 43, Subchapter B; Stalking--Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 85; and Terrorism--Penal Code Chapter 22

Keep in mind that the federal government and the states have not, in many cases, kept up with Internet technology and use old concepts to regulate a new communications medium. As has already been stated, until more specific laws are enacted, the old laws will be used to cover legal issues confronted on the Internet.

Still, some laws have already been specifically targeted at the Internet and other new communication technologies. There are two current amendments to the Communications Act of 1934:

Communications Decency Act (CDA), 1996, Title 47, Sections 501-509
Child Online Protection Act (COPA), HR-3783

There is a listing, of Internet-related cases on the site Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions.

The UCLA On-line Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy has a listing of cases, statutes, and other legal highlights in Cyberspace Law and Policy. You will find cases of note that relate directly to Internet activity or that are being used as references in Internet cases.


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