A book A Gift of Fire:
1. The oral arguments before Supreme Court concerning the Communication Decency Act focused extensively on determining the most appropriate analogy for cyberpace. Arguments were presented that comapred the Internet to a library, to television, and to a public place such as a street corner or park.
a. why are these comparisons important? briefly exaplin the differences between libararies, television, and public places with respect to First Amendment protection.
b. For each of three anologies (libarry, televison, and public place), describe one significant way in which the Internet is samiliar and one it is different and explain relevane of each these similarities and differences to the issue of the reugaltion of the Internet.