The exact link: http://pfaw.org/issues/expression/VLA_amicus_brief.pdf Background on COPA (ACLU v. Ashcroft): http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=copa -Declan --- >Fyi, we have posted on our website an amicus brief filed today in the COPA >case before the Supreme Court on behalf of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts >and People For the American Way Foundation with the generous assistance of >the New York office of the law firm of Morrison & Foerster. The link is at >http://pfaw.org/issues/expression/. The brief takes on Congress' erroneous >and conclusory finding relied upon by the Attorney General that the >standards for what materials are deemed "harmful to minors" are "reasonably >constant" throughout the United States. Recounting many incidents with >which folks on this listserve will be familiar, the brief provides facts >showing that there are tremendous differences between and within states on >what materials adults consider "harmful to minors" and that COPA's >imposition of a national, lowest common denominator standard will >unconstitutionally infringe on freedom of expression. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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