Child Online Protection Act Gets Third Strike

                   
ala.org     Jul 24, 2008            

Child Online Protection Act Gets Third Strike After a decade of federal litigation and two decisions that were returned to lower courts from the Supreme Court for further review, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals July 22 unanimously declared unconstitutional for the third time the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 on First and Fifth Amendment grounds. “The government has no more right to censor the internet than it does books and magazines,” Chris Hansen, ACLU senior staff attorney, remarked after the ruling was handed down. During the string of legal proceedings, the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Foundation filed several amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the plaintiffs, the latest in November 2007 in American Civil Liberties Union v. Mukasey. (The first was filed in 1999 in support of ACLU v. Reno; as the... [read full story]                    

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US Court Strikes Down COPA, Again

pcworld.com     Jul 22, 2008          

A U.S. appeals court has for the third time struck down a law intended to keep Web sites with sexually oriented themes away from children, with judges saying the law is a vague and overly broad attack on free speech. The U.S....                    

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US Court Strikes Down COPA, Again (PC World)

yahoo.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Grant Gross, IDG News Service 14 minutes ago A U.S. appeals court has for the third time struck down a law intended to keep Web sites with sexually oriented themes away from children, with judges saying the law is a vague and...                    

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Net Censorship Law Struck Down Again

wired.com     Jul 22, 2008          

A federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a Clinton-era law that would have forced websites with adult material to verify visitors' ages, dealing another blow to the government in a 10-year court battle over net...                    

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US court strikes down COPA, again

computerworld.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Third time the taxpayer-funded charm, maybe? Visit the CDW Security Management Zone now See All Zones July 22, 2008 (IDG News Service) A U.S. appeals court has for the third time struck down a law intended to keep Web sites...                    

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U.S. court strikes down COPA, again

computerworld.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Third time the taxpayer-funded charm, maybe? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a ruling released Tuesday , struck down the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a law passed by Congress in 1998. COPA appears to...                    

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Online Porn Saga

portfolio.com     Jul 22, 2008          

Sam Gustin thinks this ain't over. The federal government is fighting the American Civil Liberties Union, and between them and the Justice Department and now, today, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, no one can agree on...                    

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Government strikes out on COPA—ruled unconstitutional again

arstechnica.com     Jul 22, 2008          

A federal court once again struck down the 1998 Child Online Protection Act (COPA) today, ruling it unconstitutional, overbroad, and vague. It has been 10 years since the law's introduction and it has yet to be enforced thanks...                    

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What We Really Need is DOPA - The DOJ Online Protection Act [Digital Daily]

allthingsd.com     Jul 23, 2008          

The Department of Justice has failed a third time to resuscitate the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA, a federal law designed to protect children from the vast reams of smut upon which it believes the Internet to be built....                    

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US Court Strikes Down COPA, Again (PC World)

go2blogging.com     Jul 22, 2008          

A U.S. appeals flatter has for the third part time struck down a law intended to keep Web sites with sexually oriented themes away from children, with judges saying the law is a vague and overly broad attack on free speech. The...                    

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What We Really Need is DOPA - The DOJ Online Protection Act

allthingsd.com     Jul 23, 2008          

The Department of Justice has failed a third time to resuscitate the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA, a federal law designed to protect children from the vast reams of smut upon which it believes the Internet to be built....                    

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