FC: Amicus brief asks Supremes to nix "Child Online Protection Act"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

The exact link:
http://pfaw.org/issues/expression/VLA_amicus_brief.pdf

Background on COPA (ACLU v. Ashcroft):
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=copa

-Declan

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> Fyi, we have posted on our website an amicus brief filed today in the COPA
> case before the Supreme Court on behalf of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
> and People For the American Way Foundation with the generous assistance of
> the New York office of the law firm of Morrison & Foerster.  The link is at
> http://pfaw.org/issues/expression/.  The brief takes on Congress' erroneous
> and conclusory finding relied upon by the Attorney General that the
> standards for what materials are deemed "harmful to minors" are "reasonably
> constant" throughout the United States.  Recounting many incidents with
> which folks on this listserve will be familiar, the brief provides facts
> showing that there are tremendous differences between and within states on
> what materials adults consider "harmful to minors" and that COPA's
> imposition of a national, lowest common denominator standard will
> unconstitutionally infringe on freedom of expression.




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