Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Law Enforcement Has Made Great Strides in Combating Child Pornography Laura Bush 11
2 Law Enforcement Needs to Do More to Stop Child Pornography Ernie Allen 16
3 Possession of Child Pornography Is Punished Too Harshly Alexander Cockburn 24
4 Possession of Child Pornography Is Punished Too Lightly in Canada Julian Sher 29
5 The Protect Act Violates First Amendment Rights Frederick Lane 35
6 The Protect Act Does Not Violate First Amendment Rights Mario Diaz 41
7 The I.T. Industry Is Helping to Combat Child Pornography John Foley 47
8 Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Facilitates the Dissemination of Child Pornography Linda D. Koontz 55
9 The Threat of P2P File-Sharing for Child Pornography Is Exaggerated Martin C. Lafferty 64
10 Internet Service Providers Should Be Mandated to Retain Subscriber Data Alberto R. Gonzales 78
11 The Risks of Data Retention by ISPs Outweigh the Rewards Center for Democracy and Technology 84
12 Journalists Need an Exemption to Report on Child Pornography Debbie Nathan 96
13 Journalists Do Not Need to See Child Pornography to Report on It Alia Malek 102
Organizations to Contact 109
Bibliography 114
Index 121