What was the next step for the mirror site case?
The district court refused to entertain an appeal, apparently agreeing with Cyber Patrol’s argument that because they weren’t named as defendants, the mirror sites didn’t have a right to appeal the decision. The judge refused to answer the question of whether the injunction applied to them, but it’s clear from the record that Cyber Patrol, who more or less wrote the injunction, intended it to apply to all mirror sites. So the three Peacefire mirror site operators are appealing to a higher court. They’ve filed a brief, some important people have filed an amicus brief supporting them, the Cyber Patrol folks have filed a brief of their own and the mirror sites have filed a reply. The actual hearing will be August 2, 2000, which happens to be the day after I turn 24.
