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Archive for the ‘Pornography’ Category

Court Affirms Online Content Law Unconstitutional: “A federal appeals court agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.”

(Via NYT > Freedom of Speech and Expression.)

Antipiracy Panel Sheds Light: “As we come to the end of the Bush administration, it appears that in the coming years intellectual property theft will likely pose a greater challenge to the survival of most adult entertainment companies than federal obscenity prosecutions.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

Obscenity, paranoia? She is lucky she is not reported to the police for a child pornography offence!

Store censors photo of baby on cake because of nudity: “A mother who wanted to give a birthday cake to her son featuring a photo of him as a baby is forced to have it censored.”

(Via BBC News.)

Public Comment Period Opens for Proposed Porn-Free Wireless Net: “A two-week public comment period commenced today for the proposed establishment of a free national wireless Internet that would filter out content considered harmful to teens and adolescents.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

BBC NEWS | Magazine | What is obscene these days?: “What is obscene these days? “

It’s 2008 and sex seems to be everywhere. So who holds the line between permissiveness and obscenity? What is obscene these days? And how do those people entrusted to make these calls cope with the harrowing work?

Do you know how much of your porn is extreme?: “

If you’ve got the time, ask a policeman

It seems likely that the government thought that passing a new law on extreme porn would be the last word on the matter. Recent events in Birmingham suggest that this may not quite be the case.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Justice Department Trying to Revive COPA: “Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography away from children.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

Interstate web host foils gonzo porn baron Max Hardcore:

California obscenity, Florida conviction

A federal jury in Tampa, Florida convicted a pioneer of gross-out ‘gonzo’ porn last week on obscenity charges stemming from the delivery of his movies over the Internet, despite the fact that he lives and works entirely in California.…

(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Index on Censorship » Something must be done

The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes
Julian Petley

Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside Linda Lovelace have in common? Answer: they were all subject to failed prosecutions under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 & 1964 (OPA). Next question: what do the Protection of Children Act 1978, the Video Recordings Act 1984, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Criminal Justice Act 2008 have in common? Answer: they are all attempts to circumvent the OPA, whose provisions the censorious have long agitated against as overly liberal and ‘permissive’.

Study: Teens Find Ways to Access Porn Despite Net Filters: “At a recent Brigham Young University conference experts warned parents that despite the installation of online porn filters, teenagers are finding ways to access adult content.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)