Gonzales wants web labeling

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

The bill doen't say anything about CC's.
You don't have to have them to buy Liquor or cigarettes, nor to rent adult videos but you do have to prove your age..

I was referring to COPA, and I don't see much difference now.
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/copa/
In February 1999, the federal district court in Philadelphia issued an injunction preventing the government from enforcing COPA. That court held that COPA was invalid because there is no way for Web speakers to prevent minors from harmful material on the Web without also burdening adults from access to protected speech. Although COPA contains a defense if Web speakers restrict access by requiring a credit card or adult access code, the evidence clearly established that either defense would burden free speech, for at least five reasons:
1. they deny access to all adults without credit cards;
2. they require all interactive speech on the Web to be placed behind verification screens, even speech that is not "harmful to minors";
3. they deter adults from accessing protected speech because they impose costs on content that would be free, eliminate privacy, and stigmatize content;
4. they allow hostile users to drive up costs to speakers; and
5. they impose financial burdens on speakers that will cause them to self-censor rather than incur those burdens.