[OPLINLIST] FW: [ala-ifc] FW: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)

[Kent Oliver]

FYI, Kent

Kent Oliver, Executive Director
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-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Caldwell-Stone [mailto:dstone at ala.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:50 PM
To: ala-ifc at ala.org
Subject: [ala-ifc] FW: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)


Folks, I'm resending this post as it appears that the Sympa system ate the message.  My apologies if you receive a double post.

Deborah

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Caldwell-Stone
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:45 AM
To: Angela Maycock; Bryan Campbell; Jen Hammond; Jonathan Kelley; Judith Krug; Nanette Perez; Reichman, Henry
Cc: 'ala-ifc at ala.org'; 'ftrf-l at ala.org'
Subject: FW: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down the Children's Online Protection Act (COPA)

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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