COPA is a Good Thing Says Brennan, Jr.

August 10, 2008

Joe Brennan, Jr. says that the latest ruling in regards to online gambling should be celebrated, not seen as a defeat. Brennan, founder of IMEGA.org, says the 3rd Circuit Court’s decision to get rid of the Child Online Protection Act could not have been better for the online gambling industry.

While many thought that COPA was necessary to protect children over the internet, some said that it was too broad in its scope and that it violated the First Amendment. Brennan, running an organization that is dedicated to the right of privacy and freedoms over the internet, says that this opens doors for online gambling that they could not have gone through before.

The law was written in 1998 and was viewed by some as unconstitutional. It was meant to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet. The court said that they had to come up with a less restrictive way to protect children from inappropriate content online.

Those fighting against the law said that it was impossible for anyone to offer adult content because there was no real way to lock children out from sites they should not be looking at. Council for their side said that it would force them to offer only family friendly sites, and that wasn’t right.

Brennan says that there is probably only one thing that the conservatives hate more than online gambling and that is porn – so they should go ahead and celebrate their win.





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