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

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall [joehall () gmail com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:20 PM
To: Nanette Perez; Susan Brynteson; David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Third Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)

Slight correction: It's the "Child Online Protection Act"... not to be
confused with the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act". best,
Joe

PS: may seem small, but you would have missed a whole point at EFF's
Pub Quiz[1] if you got it wrong! ::)

[1]: http://www.josephhall.org/nqb2/index.php/2008/07/12/effpubquiz

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:25 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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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)
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> For IP--
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> Susan Brynteson
> The May Morris Director of Libraries
> University of Delaware Library
> Newark, DE  19717-5267
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> Email:  susanb () udel edu
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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>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> COPA is the successor statute to the Communications Decency Act, which
> attempted to extend indecency rules to the Internet.
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> The opinion is attached.
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