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Top Internet-Related Cases and Statutes (U.S.)

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Top Internet-Related Cases (U.S.)

U.S. Supreme Court

1. Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997) (The CDA Case)

2. Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 122 S.Ct. 1389 (2002) (The CPPA Case)

3. Ashcroft v. ACLU, 122 S.Ct. 1700 (2002) (The COPA Case)

4. U.S. v. ALA & Multnomah County Public Library et al (to be heard 2003) (The CIPA Case)

Federal Appeals Court

1. U.S. v. Thomas, 74 F. 3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996)

2. U.S. v. Alkhabaz, 104 F. 3d 1492 (6th Cir. 1997)

3. Zeran v. America Online, 129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997)

4. Bernstein v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 176 F.3d 1132 (9th Cir. 1999)

5. RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., 180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999)

6. Sporty's Farm, L.L.C. v. Sportsman's Market, 202 F.3d 489 (2d Cir. 2000)

7. Urofsky v. Gilmore, 216 F.3d 401 (4th Cir. 2000)

8. A&M Records v. Napster, 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)

9. Universal v. Corley & 2600 Enterprises, No. 00-9185 (2d Cir. 2001)

10. Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette v. American Coalition of Life Activists, 290 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir. 2002)

U.S. District Court

1. Religious Technology Center v. Netcom, 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995)

2. Mainstream Loudoun v. Board Of Trustees Of Loudoun County Library, 24 F. Supp. 2d 552 (E.D. Va. 1998)

3. Zippo Manufacturing Company v. Zippo Dot Com., Inc., 952 F. Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997)

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Top Internet-Related Statutes (U.S.)

1. The 'No Electronic Theft' Act (1997)

2. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998)

3. The Internet Tax Freedom Act (1998)

4. The Child Online Protection Act ("Son of CDA") (1998)

5. The U.S. Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act (1999)

6. The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) (1999)

7. The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) (2000)

8. The Electronic Signatures in Global & National Commerce Act (E-Sign) (2000)

9. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (2001)

10. The USA Patriot Act (2001)

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