Appeals Court Agrees to Reconsider Decision About French Censorship of U.S. Speech

This one won't lie down. Following a French appeal court ruling that Yahoo and their ex CEO were not criminally liable for selling nazi memorabilia, a US appeal court, according to the Center for Denocracy and Technology, has agreed to " reconsider an earlier decision restricting Yahoo's efforts to protect its lawful US publications from liability under French law. A French court had imposed fines on the U.S.-based Yahoo! for web site content that is lawful in the U.S. but illegal in France. A lower U.S. court held that enforcing the French fines would violate the U.S. First Amendment. An appeals court panel disagreed"