The copy method in clojure.java.io doesn't handle java.net.URL as input.
The necessary methods can be found in the mailing list post:
[[url:http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/browse_thread/thread/24a105b12466a8e8]]
Comment made by: importer
Converted from http://www.assembla.com/spaces/clojure/tickets/434