54 DOJ COPA subpoenas are now online

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184417001

FOIA Request: DOJ Subpoena Highlights

A Freedom of Information Act request reveals that the DOJ actually
subpoenaed at least 34 companies in its bid to collect data in support of
the Child Online Protection Act. 

InformationWeek
Mar 30, 2006 10:25 AM

The U.S. Department of Justice has gone far beyond Google, MSN, and AOL in
its quest to justify the anti-pornography Child Online Protection Act: The
DOJ actually subpoenaed at least 34 Internet service providers, search
companies, and security software firms. 

InformationWeek obtained copies of the subpoenas, replies, and other
supporting documents through a Freedom of Information Act request. Here are
some highlights: 

* Letter from a Verizon Online attorney to the Justice Department This is an
interesting elaboration of Verizon's objections to the subpoena. Recall that
Verizon also fought turning over information about its subscribers to the
RIAA. 

* The Google subpoena Widely available online, this subpoena is noteworthy
because of its scope. The Justice Department asks for all the URLs in Google
index and two months of queries. 

* Symantec subpoena. The Symantec subpoena contains the same boilerplate
found in most of the Other subpoenas directed at companies with filtering
software. Consider how long it would take you to produce the 29 categories
of information demanded by the DOJ. 

* Comcast subpoena. A typical subpoena. 


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