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PUBLIC LAW 104-104—FEB. 8, 1996 110 STAT. 139 to sexual exploitation of children) of title 18, United States Code, or any other Federal criminal statute. " (2) No EFFECT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or expand any law pertaining to intellectual property. "(3) STATE LAW. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any State from enforcing any State law that is consistent with this section. No cause of action may be brought and no liability may be imposed under any State or local law that is inconsistent with this section. "(4) No EFFECT ON COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY LAW. — Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 or any of the amendments made by such Act, or any similar State law. "(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: "(1) INTERNET.— The term 'Internet' means the international computer network of both Federal and non-Federal interoperable packet switched data networks. "(2) INTERACTIV]^ COMPUTER SERVICE.— The term 'interactive computer service' means any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a sendee or system that provides access to the Internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions. "(3) INFORMATION CONTENT PROVIDER.—The term 'information content provider' means any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service. "(4) ACCESS SOFTWARE PROVIDER.— The term 'access software provider' means a provider of software (including client or server software), or enabling tools that do any one or more of the following: "(A) filter, screen, allow, or disallow content; "(B) pick, choose, analyze, or digest content; or "(C) transmit, receive, display, forward, cache, search, subset, organize, reorganize, or translate content.". Subtitle B—Violence SEC. 551. PARENTAL CHOICE IN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress makes the following findings: 47 USC 303 note. (1) Television influences children's perception of the values and behavior that are common and acceptable in society. (2) Television station operators, cable television system operators, and video programmers should follow practices in connection with video programming that take into consideration that television broadcast and cable programming has established a uniquely pervasive presence in the lives of American children. (3) The average American child is exposed to 25 hours of television each week and some children are exposed to as much as 11 hours of television a day.