MMC 4200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Misdemeanor, American Library Association, Strict Scrutiny
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Uf alumna porn star takes stage name from uf journalism professor. Pornography a generic reference to sexually explicit material intended to cause sexual excitement (no legal deiniion) Diference: obscenity a narrow class of hard-core pornography that is so ofensive and so lacking in social value that it is denied irst amendment protecion. Obscene expression is unprotected in all media. It is the most graphic form of sexual expression and is banned in all. Not protected because the depicions do not contribute to the exposiion of ideas. Radio, abc, cbs, nbc, fox, the cw: protected by irst amendment. Categories of unprotected speech obscenity (least protected) Tampa federal jurors convicted litle in june 2008 on 10 counts of selling obscene material on the internet and 10 counts of shipping it to tampa through the u. s. mail. Diferent rules for diferent media: red lion v. fcc. Government can adopt regulaions which inform the public so people can govern.