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1. The CDA is not dead. The parts relating to obscenity were not changed by the Supreme Court, and indeed, were upheld by a 3 judge panel in a NY Federal District Court on Monday.
2. While it might be against the rules of the card associations to use credit cards to verify age, the CDA makes use of a credit card an affirmative defense under the Act. In other words, the rules of card associations do not bind the US Congress.
3. As stated before in another post, this tax will not "legalize" porn; it is already legal for adults to view it. If porn rises to the level of being "obscene", it is not protected - and that is determined at the state and city levels as well. It also does not change the fact that California remains the only state in the US were it is legal to produce porn content. All this does is take 25% of the money away from the business.
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