COPA Internet Law Finally Dies – Supreme Court refuses to hear long-debated case…

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21 Jan 2009


Back in 1998, Clinton signed the “1998 Child Online Protection Act”, which imposed a ,000 fine and six-month prison term on commercial Web sites that published content “harmful to children” (complete law). Several courts have ruled the law unconstitutional after it was challenged by the ACLU for being too broad, and potentially impacting free speech (see the law’s complete history at EPIC). According to the New York Times, the Bush Administration had made one last attempt to revive the law, but the Supreme Court today refused to hear the case, putting COPA in the cupboard for good.
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