I said COPA was destined for ruin

Tuesday June 29, 2004 at 1:44 pm

In March 2003 I said that the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) was going to suffer the same fate as the Communications Decency Act (CDA) — being shot down on Constitutional grounds. More than a year later, a significant step in that direction has been taken by the US Supreme Court. In a 5-4 ruling today, the court said COPA probably violates free-speech guarantees in the Constitution, blocked its enforcement, and sent it back to a lower court for trial. The idea behind a new trial, says the court, is to consider new technologies which might satisfy constitutional requirements while still providing alternatives to the measures outlined in COPA (like age verification and the use of credit cards). You can see a more in-depth review of the ruling here.

jason

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