Obscenity law Obscenity law Barbara Nitke is an internationally known photographer who specializes in the subject of human sexual relations, especially in the BDSM community. Her work has been exhibited and collected for over 20 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbara Nitke"
There is a long history of censorship in the United Kingdom. It has been variously stringent and lax at different times with its extent usually not clearly seen unless a work is challenging. ...more on Wikipedia about "Censorship in the United Kingdom"
The Communications Decency Act (CDA) was Title V of the United States' Telecommunications Act of 1996. It was introduced to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation by senators James Exon (D-NE) and Slade Gorton (R-WA) in 1995. It was approved by an 84-16 vote on June 14, 1995. As passed by Congress, Title V affected the Internet (and online communications) in two signficant ways. First, it attempted to regulate both indecency (when available to children) and obscenity in cyberspace. Second, Section 230 of the Act declared that operators of Internet services were not to be construed as publishers (and thus legally liable for the words of third parties who use their services). ...more on Wikipedia about "Communications Decency Act"
Donald Fraser Gould McGill, ( January 28 1875 – October 13 1962) was an English graphic artist whose name has become synonymous with a whole genre of smutty postcards that were sold mostly in small shops in British seaside towns. The cards feature an array of attractive young women, fat old ladies, drunken middle aged men, honeymoon couples and vicars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Donald McGill"
FCC MB Docket No. 04-232 is a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) concerning adopted on June 21, 2004 by the Federal Communications Commission. It is a rule designed to require the recording of all broadcast programming for a period of 60-90 days. If adopted, radio and television broadcasters would have to maintain an archive of all their broadcasts and retain them for a period of time. ...more on Wikipedia about "FCC MB Docket 04-232"
The Hicklin test is a legal concept, from the 1868 English case - " Regina v. Hicklin". ...more on Wikipedia about "Hicklin test"
Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184 ( 1964) was a United States Supreme Court decision handed down in 1964 involving whether the state of Ohio could, consistent with the First Amendment, ban the showing of a French film called "Les Amants" ("The Lovers") which the state had deemed obscene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacobellis v. Ohio" shortopedia moments.
The Miller test is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited. ...more on Wikipedia about "Miller test"
'Miller v. California', was an important United States Supreme Court case involving what constitutes unprotected obscenity for First Amendment purposes. The decision reiterated that obscenity was not protected by the First Amendment and established the Miller test for determining what constituted obscene material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Miller v. California"
Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in the United Kingdom. There have been several Acts of Parliament of this name: ...more on Wikipedia about "Obscene Publications Act"
Obscenity has several connotations. Obscenity and its parent adjective obscene take their derivation from the Greek terms ob skene, which literally means "offstage". This is because violent acts in Greek theatre were committed off stage. It then descends into the Latin word obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable", (possibly derived from ob caenum), literally "from filth". The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Obscenity"
Robert D. Zicari a.k.a. Rob Black (born August 5, 1973 in Rochester, New York) is a U.S. pornographer and former professional wrestling promoter. Together with his wife Janet Romano (a.k.a. Lizzy Borden) he owns the porn company Extreme Associates and has been prosecuted for distribution of obscenity by the Federal Government in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rob Zicari"
Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 ( 1957), along with its companion case, Alberts v. California, was a landmark case before the United States Supreme Court which redefined the Constitutional test for determining what constitutes obscene material unprotected by the First Amendment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roth v. United States"
In 1973 the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas passed Section 43.21 (known as the obscenity statute) which, in part, prohibits the sale or promotion of ""Obscene device[s]" mean[ing] a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs." ...more on Wikipedia about "Texas obscenity statute"
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