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Federal Obscenity Rule Nixed In Internet Porn Case
CaptainEbo writes "A court has declared the federal anti-obscenity law unconstitutional in a criminal case against an Internet porn distributor: 'We find that the federal obscenity statutes burden an individual's fundamental right to possess, read, observe, and think about what he chooses in the privacy of his own home by completely banning the distribution of obscene materials.' The court's decision rested in part on Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court case striking down anti-sodomy laws. Under Lawrence, said the court, 'upholding the public sense of morality is not even a legitimate state interest.'"
Fuck yeah!
Big apple, new Yorik, undig it, something's unrotting in Edenmark.
it's about fucking time!
Exactly!
Pr0n once again leading the way... from techonology to sane legal precedents, pr0n is probably the biggest motivator for change in human history.
Pr0n... is there anything it can't do?
"But I trust in the people's capacity for reflection, rage and rebellion." -Oscar Olivera
I also find it pretty funny that the bible-thumping types that are always so vocal about porn had a conference in some hotel a while back, and that hotel reported a 600% increase of their in-room porn rentals over that weekend... pot, meet kettle.
;-)
That's just research. They need to be able to make educated opinions about porn, after all.
-- I Am Not A Terrorist.
One might argue that this is also the case with obscene literature. Pornography turns ordinary pious citizens into perverted rapists, after all, just like marijuana turns well-behaved youngsters into Satan-worshipping anti-war deviants.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
I like how you put Satan-worshippping and anti-war in the same stereotype. But I guess your target audience won't even notice the irony.
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