11th Circuit obscenity case tests community standards on the internet
Fulton County Daily Report: “The federal judges who on Thursday heard the appeal of the movie producer, known as Max Hardcore, aren’t being asked to make the same judgments the jury did . . . the judges are being asked to decide some of the heaviest issues in the area of obscenity law, such as whether the government should criminalize adult films purchased over the Internet and viewed in the privacy of the home, and whether a Tampa jury should apply its own mores to materials available all over the country.”
DPS trying to speed up computer examinations in child-porn investigations
“The Texas Department of Public Safety plans to reduce its ‘unacceptable’ backlog of computer examinations that are crucial in child pornography investigations, agency Director Steven C. McCraw announced Wednesday.”
Texas law on children seeing porn being challenged
“Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is being asked for an opinion on a law that a Dallas-area woman says let her ex-husband show their children pornography.”
TX: Strip club to open near Catholic school
“Employees say a new west side club opening Thursday is exclusive. The city says it’s private. But parents say what’s going on in the club is not staying in the club.”
9th Circuit: National community standard must be applied in regulating Internet obscenity
U.S. v. Kilbride, No. 07-10528 (9th Cir., Oct 28, 2009)
White Ribbon Against Pornography Week
“According to Bob Peters of Morality in Media, our nation is facing a moral crisis, including, among other things, teen promiscuity, sexually transmitted diseases (including AIDS), abortion, illegitimacy, divorce, sexual abuse of children, rape, trafficking in women and children, on-the-job sexual harassment and lost worker productivity. And what is fueling this crisis is the spread of hardcore pornography, on the Internet and elsewhere.”
Will R.I. legislature make prostitution a one-year crime?
“State lawmakers on Tuesday will consider a bill to make indoor prostitution a crime, but empower judges to erase any record of charges for convicted prostitutes after one year.”
WI: Village of Kronenwetter bans alcohol at adult entertainment establishments
“The measure, which passed on a 4-3 vote, hopes to prevent the increased crime that comes with combining alcohol and nudity, said village administrator Blaine Oborn.”
“Porn flounders, but adult novely business booms”
“While the current business surge among sex toys isn’t quite that strong, it’s notable. Babeland, a chain of sex toy stores across the country, says sales were up 10 percent in the first half of the year. Representatives at Hustler Hollywood, one of Los Angeles’ most high profile adult stores, said they have seen a significant increase in business as well, though declined to give numbers.”
More Internet users reporting child porn says IWF watchdog
“The [Internet Watch Foundation] revealed that reports of potentially illegal images had risen by five percent to 270,000 compared to this time last year. However, only one in five or those images was confirmed by the IWF as child sexual abuse.”
