Here are some links to current issues of interest on the current struggle over free speech and censorship.
- ExtremeUpdate – “It was standing-room-only in Courtroom 3A of the federal courthouse here – ironically, the same courtroom in which Judge Gary Lancaster had originally heard the arguments to dismiss the obscenity charges against Extreme Associates – and of the approximately 50 spectators, only six could be identified as supporting defendants Rob Black and Lizzy Borden.”
- An Analysis of Senate’s Internet Safety and Child Protection Act – “The following is an analysis prepared by FSC Legislative Affairs Director Kat Sunlove of Senate Bill 1507, the Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005 introduced last month by Sen. Elaine Lincoln, which would impose a tax on sexually-oriented websites”
- Number One with a Bullet: DoJ ‘Mandated’ to Prosecute Obscenity – “The U.S. Department of Justice, at least according to its chief representative in Miami, believes obscenity is a bigger threat to the American way of life than drugs, terrorism, corruption, or organized crime. That’s the impression U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta has been leaving in his wake lately, anyway, and it’s creating something of a backlash in the legal and law enforcement communities.”
- PenceBill – “Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), one of the most religio-conservative politicians in Congress today, has introduced House Resolution (H.R.) 3726, which would amend several federal laws, including the Recordkeeping and Labeling Act (18 U.S.C. §2257). The move marks the Religious Right’s most blatant attempt yet to destroy the adult video industry, this time by granting the Justice Department increased powers to target adult producers within a state, without having to wait for them to ship their product across state lines.”