CCT206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Asset Forfeiture, Child Online Protection Act, Commercial Speech
9 Apr 2018
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Obscenity, in the eyes of the law, has no value. Do not communicate things that may be obscene to minors. Supreme court justice potter stewart: i shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material i understand to be embraced within that shorthand descriptin [ hard-core pronography ], and perhaps i could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But i know it when i see it*, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that. Went to appeal for ohio, then the supreme court. Miller test for determining obscenity (prior to internet): Prurient: an unhealthy interest or obsession with sex. The jurisdiction issues becomes problematic, especially if it is international. Direct contradiction to freedom of expression, but, in the eyes of the law, they don"t negate each other. If you are trying to successful litigate a case of defamation, you are in the states, would you choose california or kentucky.
