U.S. Supreme Court To Rule On Online Porn Law

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @10:37PM from the pursuit-of-happiness dept.

froggle2003 writes "Sites like goodfig.org and NEWS.com.au are among the first to report that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to rule on the constitutionality of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The COPA was passed in 1998 in an effort to crack down on sites that don't block porn from children. It calls for 6 months in jail and $50,000 in fines for first-time violaters. Opponents of the COPA led by the ACLU are quick to note that the COPA makes criminals of many individuals using the internet for legitimate purposes such as providing information on anatomy, gynecology, safe-sex advice, etc."

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-14 22:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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It's the adults I'm worried about by wodelltech · 2003-10-15 00:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've been told that 40% of the people who collect child porn have committed (or will commit) a sexual crime against a child. Would some one like to suggest the supposed postive (or benign) motives of the other 60%? The creation/possession/viewing of this material is evil - no matter what your age.

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