Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT.
Many associations and movements for the defense of individual liberties have emerged or grown in the wake of 9/11 and the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act. One of these movements, led by actors of the book industry—booksellers, librarians, publishers, writers—rapidly saw the danger of an act that auth...
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2008-05-01
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| description | Many associations and movements for the defense of individual liberties have emerged or grown in the wake of 9/11 and the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act. One of these movements, led by actors of the book industry—booksellers, librarians, publishers, writers—rapidly saw the danger of an act that authorizes the government to intrude into private lives. Under the banner “Campaign for Reader Privacy”, this coalition has chosen to target section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In order to amend this section and to restore the protection of the privacy of Americans’ readings, it has developed a network of militants. This article examines the reasons that pushed the different associations to coalesce and tries to shed some light on the imperious necessity to fight for a fundamental right in American life, the privacy of personal information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90117c9710094f1f988e68fdbd3934722022-12-22T01:22:12ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662008-05-01110.4000/transatlantica.2893Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT.Cécile CottenetMany associations and movements for the defense of individual liberties have emerged or grown in the wake of 9/11 and the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act. One of these movements, led by actors of the book industry—booksellers, librarians, publishers, writers—rapidly saw the danger of an act that authorizes the government to intrude into private lives. Under the banner “Campaign for Reader Privacy”, this coalition has chosen to target section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. In order to amend this section and to restore the protection of the privacy of Americans’ readings, it has developed a network of militants. This article examines the reasons that pushed the different associations to coalesce and tries to shed some light on the imperious necessity to fight for a fundamental right in American life, the privacy of personal information.http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/2893ReadingUSA PATRIOT ActFirst and Fourth Amendmentsindividual libertiesBooksellersLibraries |
| spellingShingle | Cécile Cottenet Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. Transatlantica Reading USA PATRIOT Act First and Fourth Amendments individual liberties Booksellers Libraries |
| title | Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. |
| title_full | Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. |
| title_fullStr | Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. |
| title_short | Quand la liberté de lire est menacée : la lutte de la Campaign for Reader Privacy contre l’article 215 de la loi USA PATRIOT. |
| title_sort | quand la liberte de lire est menacee la lutte de la campaign for reader privacy contre l article 215 de la loi usa patriot |
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