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COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT (CDA)

CDA JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Reno v. ACLU, No. 96-511, bench op. (U.S. June 26,1997). District Court Decision & Findings: 929 F. Supp. 824 (ED Pa. 1996). Transcripts of Reno v. ACLU Oral Arguments, before the Supreme Court, March 19, 1997.

CDA STATUTE AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION

The Communications Decency Act First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

CDA LEGISLATIVE STATEMENTS

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

CDA PRESS

Tom Quinlan, San Jose Mercury News, "Tech firms see ruling as only first step to defend Net"

CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION ACT (COPA a.k.a. CDA II)

COPA STATUTE

Child Online Protection Act

COPA LITIGATION DOCUMENTS

ACLU v. Reno II (Complaint challenging COPA)

COPA - OTHER DOCUMENTS

Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629 (1968). Department of Justice Letter to Congress Concerning COPA Internet Free Expression Alliance Joint Statement Salon Magazine Editorial on Joining Suit Electronic Frontier Foundation Archive

FORUM COVERAGE

Bryan L. Olson, Pornography Web Site Producers v. Child-Protection Laws: Application of American Legal Theories and Proposal of the Intellectual Capitalism Theory, 1999 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 122601. [DETAILED COMMENTARY ON ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION] Bryan L. Olson, Communications Decency Redux: Child Online Protection Act Enacted, Already Challenged by ACLU, 1998 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 103001. [NEWS COVERAGE OF COPA PASSAGE] Adam White Scoville, Court Takes Strong Stand on First Amendment Protection for Cyberspace, Leaves Other Possible Issues for Later, 1997 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 070901. [HEADLINES] Ranjit S. Mathoda, Government Power Over Internet Communications: Unborn Heirs of the CDA, 1997 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 070902. [COMMENTARY] Adam White Scoville, Decisive Reno Opinion Leaves Little Leeway for Internet Speech Regulation, 1997 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 070903. [COMMENTARY] Adam White Scoville, Supreme Court Arguments on Internet Censorship Cover Broad Ground, 1997 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F. 042901. [HEADLINES COVERAGE OF ORAL ARGUMENTS]