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Third Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:25:33 -0700


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From: Susan Brynteson [susanb () udel edu]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:02 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Third Circuit  Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)

For IP--

Good news!


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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ifaction] Third Circuit  Court of Appeals Strikes Down the
Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:45:56 -0400
From: Nanette Perez <nperez () ala org>
To: <ifaction () ala org>

The court this morning issued a unanimous opinion in ACLU v. Mukasey
affirming the District Court and holding that the Child Online
Protection Act is unconstitutional.

The court held that COPA is vague and overbroad, and that it does not
constitute the least restrictive means of protecting children.  In
reaching these conclusions, the court also confirmed that COPA does not
apply to websites outside the U.S.

COPA is the successor statute to the Communications Decency Act, which
attempted to extend indecency rules to the Internet.

The opinion is attached.



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