United States obscenity law
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== Late 19th and early 20th century== | == Late 19th and early 20th century== | ||
*[[Anthony Comstock]] | *[[Anthony Comstock]] | ||
- | + | *[[Catholic Legion of Decency]] | |
+ | *[[List of films condemned by the Legion of Decency]] | ||
== 1960s == | == 1960s == | ||
- | + | *[[Redrup v. New York]] | |
+ | *[[Miller v. California]] | ||
+ | *[[Parliament News]] | ||
+ | *[[Brandon House]] | ||
+ | *The [[Lady Chatterley's Lover]] case | ||
+ | *[[William Hamling (publisher)]] | ||
*[[Attorney General's Commission on Pornography]] | *[[Attorney General's Commission on Pornography]] | ||
+ | *[[Earl Kemp]] | ||
== 1990s == | == 1990s == | ||
+ | *[[Anti-pornography movement]] | ||
*[[Communications Decency Act]] | *[[Communications Decency Act]] | ||
+ | *[[Mike Diana]] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[American erotica]] | *[[American erotica]] | ||
- | *[[List of films condemned by the Legion of Decency]] | ||
- | *[[Catholic Legion of Decency]] | ||
- | *[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]] | ||
- | *[[Anti-pornography movement]] | ||
- | *[[Earl Kemp]] | ||
- | *[[Mike Diana]] | ||
- | *[[William Hamling (publisher)]] | ||
- | *[[Brandon House]] | ||
- | *[[Parliament News]] | ||
- | *[[Redrup v. New York]] | ||
- | *[[Miller v. California]] | ||
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US courts have ruled that the First Amendment protects "indecent" pornography from regulation, but not "obscene" pornography. People convicted of distributing obscene pornography face long prison terms and asset forfeiture.
The differentiation between indecent and obscene material, however, is a particularly difficult one, and a contentious First Amendment issue that has not fully been settled. Similarly, the level of offense (if any) generated by a profane word or phrase depends on region, context, and audience.
The first American moral crusader was Anthony Comstock, a postal inspector and iconic figure in the history of American censorship. He was dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality.
There have been two recent cases of obscenity trials in the American arts world: The Perfect Moment exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe and the lesser known Mike Diana case.
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Late 19th and early 20th century
1960s
- Redrup v. New York
- Miller v. California
- Parliament News
- Brandon House
- The Lady Chatterley's Lover case
- William Hamling (publisher)
- Attorney General's Commission on Pornography
- Earl Kemp
1990s
See also