Morality in Media goes off on COPA decision...

TheEnforcer · 03-26-2007

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First Amendment Was Not Intended to Provide a License to Sell Smut Without Any Legal Obligation to Restrict Children's Access
Response to Latest COPA Decision from Morality In Media President Robert Peters

Contact: Robert Peters, President, Morality in Media, 212-870-3210

NEW YORK, Mar. 26 /Standard Newswire/ -- Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, issued the following statement in response to a decision last Thursday by a federal district court judge in Philadelphia that invalidated the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) on the grounds that parental use of screening technology is a "less restrictive means."

"Thanks to the federal courts in Philadelphia and the Supreme Court, more than a decade has now passed since Congress first acted to protect children from Internet pornography, and there are still no enforceable laws that require persons who commercially distribute pornography on the Internet to take reasonable steps to restrict children's access to the material.

"Today, if a child were to walk into an 'adult bookstore,' he or she would be told to leave, because it is against the law to sell pornography to children in real space. But if that same child were to 'click' to most commercial websites that distribute pornography, he or she could view pornography free of charge and without restriction, because when it comes to 'cyberspace,' the federal courts think it is up to parents to keep children away from Internet pornography.

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TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	Morality in Media goes off on COPA decision... http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/43013826.html First Amendment Was Not Intended to Provide a License to Sell Smut Without Any Legal Obligation to Restrict Children's Access Response to Latest COPA Decision from Morality In Media President Robert Peters Contact: Robert Peters, President, Morality in Media, 212-870-3210 NEW YORK, Mar. 26 /Standard Newswire/ -- Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, issued the following statement in response to a decision last Thursday by a federal district court judge in Philadelphia that invalidated the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) on the grounds that parental use of screening technology is a "less restrictive means." "Thanks to the federal courts in Philadelphia and the Supreme Court, more than a decade has now passed since Congress first acted to protect children from Internet pornography, and there are still no enforceable laws that require persons who commercially distribute pornography on the Internet to take reasonable steps to restrict children's access to the material. "Today, if a child were to walk into an 'adult bookstore,' he or she would be told to leave, because it is against the law to sell pornography to children in real space. But if that same child were to 'click' to most commercial websites that distribute pornography, he or she could view pornography free of charge and without restriction, because when it comes to 'cyberspace,' the federal courts think it is up to parents to keep children away from Internet pornography.