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§ 235.24 Disseminating indecent material to minors; limitations.
  In  any  prosecution  for disseminating indecent material to minors in
the second degree pursuant to subdivision three  of  section  235.21  of
this  article  or disseminating indecent material to minors in the first
degree pursuant to section 235.22 of this article:
  1. No person shall be held to have violated such provisions solely for
providing access or connection to or from a facility, system, or network
not under that person's control,  including  transmission,  downloading,
intermediate  storage,  access  software,  or other related capabilities
that are incidental to providing such access or connection that  do  not
include the creation of the content of the communication.

(a) The limitations provided by this subdivision shall not be applicable to a person who is a conspirator with an entity actively involved in the creation or knowing distribution of communications that violate such provisions, or who knowingly advertises the availability of such communications.

(b) The limitations provided by this subdivision shall not be applicable to a person who provides access or connection to a facility, system, or network engaged in the violation of such provisions that is owned or controlled by such person. 2. No employer shall be held liable under such provisions for the actions of an employee or agent unless the employee's or agent's conduct is within the scope of his employment or agency and the employer having knowledge of such conduct, authorizes or ratifies such conduct, or recklessly disregards such conduct.