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Supreme Court Rules on Challenge to COPA

Posted by timothy on from the know-it-when-they-see-it-a-few-times dept.

Publiux writes: "LawMeme is reporting today that the Supreme Court upheld portions of the Child Online Protection Act because using community standards to determine what could be harmful to minors was not overly broad and thus not unconstitutional. Before you stop spreading your 'sexually explicit material' online, a lower court still has to determine if the law is unconstitutional for other reasons." Snibor Eoj submits this link to coverage at Yahoo! as well. Other readers link to AP coverage running at NandoTimes and the decision itself (PDF).

2 of 291 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So where do we find this "community"... by shren · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ick. Which church?

    How many seconds were left in The Matrix?

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  2. elections and judges by ghostlibrary · · Score: 3, Funny

    So how do we contribute to Judge Steven's election campaign, and get rid of the other 8?

    Oh, wait, they're appointed. Rats. His point on how this means sites would have to cater to the least permissive denominator is darn insightful.

    Clearly, in most cases there's going to be a lag between internet-saavy judges and reality, even moreso with politicians (as politicians cycle through quicker than high-level justices).

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