From: Jonathan Davis (jonathan.davis@lineone.net)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 09:27:08 MST
Question: What are Chilling Effects?
Answer: "Chilling Effects" refers to the deterrent effect of legal threats
or posturing, largely cease and desist letters independent of litigation, on
lawful conduct. The Chilling Effects clearinghouse will catalogue cease and
desist notices and present analyses of their claims to help recipients
resist the chilling of legitimate activities (as well as understand when
their activities are unlawful). The project's core, this database of letters
and FAQ-style analyses is supplemented by legal backgrounders, news items,
and pointers to statutes and caselaw. Periodic "weather reports" will sum up
the legal climate for online activity.
Question: What is the Chilling Effects clearinghouse?
Answer: The project invites recipients and senders of cease and desist
notices to send them to a central point (here, at
chillingeffects.org) for analysis, and to browse the website for background
information and explanation of the laws they are charged with violating or
enforcing. Clinical law students will prepare issue-spotting analyses of the
letters in the question- and-answer style of FAQs, which we will post
alongside the letters in an online database. The site aims to educate C&D
recipients about their legal rights. Site visitors may search the database
by subject area or keyword.
http://www.chillingeffects.org/
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