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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
________________________________________ 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! --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Susan Brynteson The May Morris Director of Libraries University of Delaware Library Newark, DE 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2231 Fax: 302-831-1046 Email: susanb () udel edu -------- 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. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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