Congress is debating a proposal that would make it illegal to transmit indecent material on the Internet.

The act makes it a crime to transmit or allow indecent material to be transmitted over public computer networks to which minors have access.

Another would impose heavy fines and jail terms on people who transmitted indecent or obscene material over computer networks.

Clients can transmit material at the rate of one megabyte in three minutes direct to their "instant" image-setting facility.

That is a far better solution, practically and constitutionally, than punishing those who transmit explicit material.

The term "safe harbor" refers to the hours during which broadcasters may transmit material deemed indecent for children.

In theory, a fast-packet network makes it possible to use the gaps in activity to transmit material from other sources.

The proposed law makes it illegal to transmit "indecent" material.

It mostly transmits material rarely found on other stations.

It would be wrong to charge Internet server providers with transmitting illegal material.