Obscenity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Obscenity (in Latin obscenus , meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable"), is a term that is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the preval...
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Americans convicted of obscenity (1 P) ... Comstock laws ... Categories: Sex laws | Censorship | Pornography law...
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Disclaimer: This page provides copies of the texts various state obscenity and related laws, as found on their official Web sites. The NOLC recommends that this information be used as a starting point for researching obscenity and related laws. ... Federal Obscenity Laws...
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There are also federal laws making it a serious crime to distribute obscenity toward minors. Federal law prohibits a person from using the mail, or any of the means of interstate commerce, including a computer, to knowingly transfer obscene materials to someone the person knows ... Citizen's Guide To; Federal Obscenity Laws...
www.usdoj.gov/criminal/optf/links/citizens_guide.html
Thus, while possession of child pornography is a crime, possession of obscenity is not. There are also federal laws that specifically criminalize directing obscenity toward minors.
www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/citizensguide_obscenity.htm... www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/citizensguide_obscenity.html
• To understand the evolution of obscenity law in the United States ... • To understand current laws dealing with pornography and minors...
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A new obscenity ordinance in Georgia prohibits the sale of "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs," which could extend to banning ribbed condoms and certain lubes.
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HOW PROSECUTORS ARE USING OBSCENITY LAWS TO STIFLE DISSENT ; by: Marjorie Heins ... Prosecutors around the country are dusting off America's archaic obscenity laws for new ends. Their purposes are frankly ideological: to suppress ideas they don't like, including gay/lesbian art and literature, and alternative journalism...
www.theroc.org/roc-mag/textarch/roc-19/roc19-05.htm
This week the case against the author a violent rape fantasy was dropped - further evidence that existing obscenity laws have no teeth. But would we have it any other way? ... The government's own 2007 impact assessment of new laws against extreme porn, used the "very small ... Offensive acts: A brief history of obscenity law...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/04/girls-scream-aloud... www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/04/girls-scream-aloud-obscenity-laws