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Imagine not being able to read the latest on Salon.com, express yourself on websites like UrbanDictionary.com, or get information on sexual health. In 2000, the ACLU challenged the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a piece of legislation making it illegal to distribute content on the Internet acknowledged as protected speech for adults but deemed “harmful to minors” (including the above stated web content.) If implemented, it would have imposed harsh criminal sanctions, like huge fines and prison time. In January 2009, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will not hear the government’s appeal of COPA, officially ending the ten year legal battle. Join Chris Hansen, senior national staff counsel at the ACLU, as he shares his experience challenging COPA and other internet censorship efforts. This event is sponsored by the Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Law, Technology and the Arts and the ACLU of Ohio. Free and open to the public. One free CLE credit available. About the Speaker Since 1984, Mr. Hansen has worked as an attorney with the national ACLU. During his tenure, he acted as lead attorney in the ACLU’s challenge of COPA,ACLU v. Mukasey. Hansen has served as lead counsel in Reno v. ACLU, the historic and successful challenge to federal Internet content regulations, as well as Brown v. Board of Education, a reopened case that forced a Kansas school district to honor the U.S. Supreme Court’s mandate and desegregate the public schools. Additionally, Mr. Hansen has written extensively on civil liberties issues and appears frequently on television, radio and in the press as an expert on civil liberties. |
| Date: | 03.19.09 | thursday |
| Time: | 4:30 pm-5:30 pm |
| Type: | ACLU event |
| Location: | Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Moot Court Room (A59) |
| Address: | 11075 East Blvd |
| City: | Cleveland |