Legal Opinion
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 28, 2001No. Docket 00-9185PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
When the Framers of the First Amendment prohibited Congress from making any law “abridging the freedom of speech,” they were not thinking about computers, computer programs, or the Internet. But neither were they thinking about radio, television, or movies. Just as the inventions at the beginning and middle of the 20th century presented new First Amendment issues, so does the cyber revolution at the end of that century. This appeal raises significant First Amendment issues concerning one aspect of computer technology — encryption to protect materials in digital…
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