Volume 6 Number 1
Bulletin Fall 2000
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Supreme Court to Rule on Wiretap Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on June 26 to decide whether a radio station may be subject to civil liability for broadcasting a tape of an illegally intercepted cellular phone conversation, when the station received the tape anonymously and played no part in the interception.
A Living Legacy: The Silha Center at the Millennium
September 11, 2000 will mark the first anniversary of the passing of Otto A. Silha, the philanthropist and visionary who, together with his wife, Helen, founded the Silha Center in 1984.
Information Revolution Brings Privacy Concerns
With the continuing computerization of government records and the development of sophisticated new database technologies, journalists should be in the midst of a government-access renaissance.
Award-Winning Political Cartoonist to be Silha Lecturer
Chip Bok, the award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal, will present the annual Silha Center Lecture on November 2 at 7:00 pm at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
“Community Standards” Test Is Fatal Flaw for Federal COPA
Congress’ latest effort to shield minors from “harmful” Internet content was struck down on June 22 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in ACLU v. Reno (Reno III), No. 99-1324, 2000 WL 801186 (3d Cir. June 22, 2000).