Strike 3 on C.O.P.A.

[tickler]

I think they are finally getting the ideal. Especially about the WorldWideWeb.

3rd Circuit Strikes Down COPA
Judge: Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional
This represents the third time COPA has come before the Third Circuit – twice before on preliminary injunctions against the law taking effect, and now after Judge Reed found at trial that his fellow judges on the Circuit were right all along: COPA is simply bad law, and not the least restrictive means by which the government could accomplish its (alleged) goal of protecting minors from exposure to sexually explicit content.

There is a significant amount of sexually explicit material on the Internet which originates from outside of the United States. . . . Unlike Internet content filters which are able to block from view unsuitable material regardless of its origin, COPA has no extra-territorial application. As a result, . . . COPA is not applicable to a large amount of material that is unsuitable for children which originates overseas but is nevertheless available to children in the United States . . . . COPA’s lack of extraterritorial application renders it underinclusive."

This is, of course, a fact that adult Webmasters – and attorneys – have long been familiar with.
http://www.avn.com/law/articles/31393.html