COPA Defeated

Alternative Comics’ Jeff Mason writes that the Child Online Protection Act, which essentially would have mandated a PG-rated Internet, has been permanently defeated thanks to today’s 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. It disturbs me that it was that much of a squeaker, but this is good news for those of us who think that the First Amendment guarantees the right of adults to talk to each other like adults. The text of the ruling is here; I’m sure details will wind up on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s homepage. (By the way, aren’t you a member of that yet?)