Law.com: “A Manhattan judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to shine a light on the hazy legal line separating bondage, domination and sadomasochism from prostitution. In a decision last week, New York County Supreme Court Justice Carol R. Edmead directed the NYPD to provide the Urban Justice Center’s Sex Workers Project with documents regarding police investigations of several Manhattan bondage, domination and sadomasochism clubs between 2006 and 2008.”
- Posted: 09/09/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.law.com
- Tags: State: New York, Topic: Culture, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Prostitution
KATV: “The trial of two men and their corporation accused of promoting obscene material ended in a not guilty verdict late Friday night at the St. Francis County Courthouse . . . The brothers and J&W Investments, Inc., were charged in November of 2008 with two counts of selling or promoting obscene materials after confidential informants with the sheriff’s department purchased movies from Adult World locations on Hwy. 38 near Interstate 40 at Widener.”
- Posted: 09/09/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.katv.com
- Tags: State: Arkansas, Topic: Obscenity, Topic: Pornography, Topic: SOB Regulation
Christian Science Monitor: “At a time when some governments are trying – and failing – to combat sex trafficking by legalizing prostitution, Sweden’s innovative approach stands out as an exemplary model of lawmaking that reduces prostitution, penalizes men, and protects women . . . Sweden does not penalize the persons in prostitution but makes resources available to them. Instead it targets and exposes the anonymous perpetrators – the buyers, mostly men, who purchase mainly women and children in prostitution. The key to the law’s effectiveness lies not so much in penalizing the men (punishments are modest) but in removing the invisibility of the buyers and making their crimes public.”
- Posted: 09/07/2010
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- Category: Global: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.csmonitor.com
- Tags: Category: Global, Country: Sweden, Global: Miscellaneous, Topic: Legislation, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Prostitution, Topic: Trafficking
Scott Fayner writing at Technology Review: “By 2005, the BitTorrent technology gave way to something more manageable and user-friendly: streaming video . . . Suddenly, anybody who wanted to watch a clip could do so almost instantly. You clicked on a video and it played in the browser: no more waiting, no more downloading. This simple innovation has demolished the porn industry’s traditional way of doing business. Porn tube sites are now among the most visited websites in the world.”
- Posted: 09/02/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.technologyreview.com
- Tags: Topic: Internet, Topic: Pornography
OneNewsNow: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to appeal a court decision that makes it impossible for the agency to restrict indecency in media . . . ‘In my mind, they had to appeal either this case or the Janet Jackson Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction case, which is going to be decided soon,’ notes Pat Trueman, who heads the War on Illegal Pornography . . . Trueman, who is also an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), tells OneNewsNow the outcome is vital because lower courts have not been favorable toward the FCC.”
- Posted: 08/29/2010
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- Category: ADF in the News
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- Source: www.onenewsnow.com
- Tags: ADF: Media Clips, Topic: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Topic: Indecency, Topic: Pornography, ZZ: Fox News Television v. FCC
AP on MyWay: “The strippers, fueled by Cheetos and nicotine, are protesting a fundamentalist Christian church whose Bible-brandishing congregants have picketed the club where they work. The dancers roll up with signs carrying messages adapted from Scripture, such as “Do unto others as you would have done unto you,” to counter church members who for four years have photographed license plates of patrons and asked them if their mothers and wives know their whereabouts.”
- Posted: 08/27/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: apnews.myway.com
- Tags: State: Ohio, Topic: Pornography, Topic: SOB Regulation
Is Your Bedroom a Private Place? Fornication and Fundamental Rights
Amanda Connor, 39 N.M. L. Rev. 507 (2009)
“The thesis of this note is that the Tenth Circuit failed to apply the reasoning from Lawrence in the case of Seegmiller. Part II of this note describes the facts, procedural history, holdings and reasoning in the case of Seegmiller. Part III examines the background law surrounding Seegmiller and focuses on two points. First it recounts the historical development of the fundamental rights doctrine. Second, it juxtaposes Justice Blackmun’s call for a fundamental right to privacy in his dissent in Bowers v. Hardwick with an analysis of the Lawrence majority opinion. Part IV, the analysis section, examines whether the Supreme Court should recognize a fundamental right to privacy and argues that Seegmiller was not correctly decided based on the reasoning of Lawrence.”
- Posted: 08/26/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
- Tags: Topic: Legal Periodicals, Topic: Pornography
CBN News: “Today, [Kristy Childs] works to rescue other women and girls who are trapped in the commercial sex trade through her organization Veronica’s Voice. It is named for a friend of Childs who was killed on the streets.Ministries in the Kansas City area are stepping up to answer the call . . . Exodus Cry is an international anti-trafficking organization committed to ending human trafficking and modern day slavery. They are headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., and recently opened a shelter for rescued victims of human trafficking.”
- Posted: 08/25/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.cbn.com
- Tags: State: Kansas, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Prostitution, Topic: Trafficking
Findlaw (AP): “The nude women on the DVD cover in a Baghdad street stall say it all: Change, whether you like it or not, is afoot in Iraq . . . The porn, in an odd way, has told the story of Iraq’s security and political situation since Saddam Hussein’s ouster in 2003. It emerged in the anything-goes atmosphere that erupted in the vacuum immediately following the U.S. invasion – then went back into hiding amid the anarchy when armed militias roamed the capital through 2008, targeting those they saw as immoral . . . The openness with which porn is sold in some of Baghdad’s streets is almost unheard of in the Arab world.”
- Posted: 08/23/2010
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- Category: Global: Miscellaneous
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- Source: news.findlaw.com
- Tags: Category: Global, Country: Iraq, Global: Miscellaneous, Topic: Culture, Topic: Islam, Topic: Pornography
South Carolina’s Sexual Conduct Laws After Lawrence v. Texas
Marghretta Adeline Hagood, 61 S.C. L. Rev. 799 (2010)
“In Lawrence, the Supreme Court found that a Texas law criminalizing consensual homosexual sodomy violated the right to privacy, which is a subset of substantive due process. This Note will show how, in the wake of the Lawrence decision, South Carolina’s criminal laws proscribing private consensual adult sexual activity are unconstitutional because they intrude into a constitutionally protected zone of individual liberty.”
- Posted: 08/23/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
- Tags: State: South Carolina, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Legal Periodicals, Topic: Pornography
The First Amendment Implications of Sexting at Public Schools: A Quandary for Administrators Who Intercept Visual Love Notes
Robert H. Wood, 18 J.L. & Pol’y 701 (2010)
“This Article analyzes the First Amendment implications of this type of student speech and concludes that when balancing the competing interests of school discipline and the constitutional rights of minors, school administrators should accord greatest weight to students’ First Amendment rights. By doing so, school administrators will protect minors from the uncertain fates of the criminal justice system where child pornography laws often punish sexting by minors.”
- Posted: 08/20/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
- Tags: Topic: Child Pornography, Topic: Education, Topic: Internet, Topic: Legal Periodicals, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Sexting
National Review Online: “National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez talked to Bennett about this private-sector effort to help families . . . KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: Shouldn’t parents know who is texting their children, and what the communications are about? WILLIAM J. BENNETT: On the first part, absolutely. On the second, yes, in ugly or bad cases. A key thing about allowing children to text and have smartphones is for parents to have a conversation with their children first — a very serious conversation. MouseMail and other products for older children require such a conversation and enhance it.”
- Posted: 08/12/2010
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- Category: Marriage & Family
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- Source: article.nationalreview.com
- Tags: Category: Marriage and Family, Topic: Internet, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Sexting
Mary Leary, Sexting or Self-Produced Child Pornography? The Dialogue Continues – Structured Prosecutorial Discretion within a Multidisciplinary Response (April 1, 2010). Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Vol. 17, No. 3, Spring 2010; CUA Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-31. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1657007
“This article builds on the concept that the solution does not lie in the criminal law. Rather, it seeks to refocus the debate by suggesting that part of the solution depends on the formation of a comprehensive ‘smart’ response. To accomplish this, society and its institutions (educational, social service, religious, law enforcement, legal, and civic) must come together and form a considered strategy that encourages prevention and a smart response when prevention fails. This article examines the role of prosecution, if any, in that ‘smart’ response. This article argues against the use of blunt instruments that fail to recognize the complexity of SPCP. These extremes include ‘zero tolerance’ policies, which in most cases do far more harm than good; decriminalization, which prevents a prosecutor from ever abusing his or her discretion, but also precludes juvenile court intervention even where the conduct is particularly egregious or the youth is in particular need of such; or an ad hoc approach by prosecutors which risks inconsistency, unfairness, and bias.”
- Posted: 08/12/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: ssrn.com
- Tags: Topic: Child Pornography, Topic: Legal Periodicals, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Sexting
cnet / Privacy Inc: “The U.S. Marshals Service admitted this week that it had surreptitiously saved tens of thousands of images recorded with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint of a single Florida courthouse. This follows an earlier disclosure (PDF) by the TSA that it requires all airport body scanners it purchases to be able to store and transmit images for ‘testing, training, and evaluation purposes.’”
- Posted: 08/04/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: news.cnet.com
- Tags: Topic: Pornography
Southern District of Florida Blog: “The 11th Circuit issued United States v. Irey today, with 255 pages of opinions, which are a must read for any criminal practitioner in this Circuit. The question presented is whether a lengthy variance (from 30 years to 17) was reasonable in a horrific case involving multiple acts of child rape. The majority, written by Carnes and joined by Dubina, Black, Hull, Marcus, Wilson and Pryor, found the variance substantively unreasonable.”
- Posted: 08/02/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: sdfla.blogspot.com
- Tags: Court: 11th Circuit, Topic: Pornography, ZZ: United States v. Irey
Center for Arizona Policy: “This report provides a summary of Center for Arizona Policy’s (CAP) work during the 2010 legislative session.”
- Posted: 08/02/2010
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- Category: Sanctity of Life
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- Source: www.azpolicy.org
- Tags: Category: Marriage and Family, Category: Religious Liberty, Category: Sanctity of Life, Group: Center for Arizona Policy, State: Arizona, Topic: Abortion, Topic: Gambling, Topic: Homosexual Agenda, Topic: Legislation, Topic: Parental Rights, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Prostitution
Marcia Segelstein writing at OneNewsNow: “[W]hile most people may think of men when they picture purveyors of pornography, women are joining their ranks in droves. A big part of the problem – for both men and women – is the easy accessibility of porn. Thanks to the Internet, it’s not even necessary to leave your house. Anonymity feeds temptation. A survey conducted in 2003 by Today’s Christian Woman found that one out of every six women, including Christians, admits struggling with an addiction to pornography.”
- Posted: 07/27/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.onenewsnow.com
- Tags: Topic: Culture, Topic: Pornography
Adult Domestic Trafficking and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
Lindsay Strauss, 19 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 495 (2010)
“Adult domestic trafficking is a serious national issue that requires attention from the federal government in order to stop the traffickers, pimps, and johns who exploit countless women each year. The federal government refuses to recognize that the domestic trafficking of American citizens is a national issue, even though state laws have proven to be ineffective and have failed to curtail this industry’s growth. Adult domestic trafficking victims are still not recognized by the legal system or by some feminist scholars as victims. These women, accordingly, do not receive the services and help they need to leave this system of abuse, and their pimps go unpunished and are free to abuse again. The most recent reauthorization of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPA)–the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA of 2008)–represents a step in the right direction to address human trafficking. It increases the services available to child domestic trafficking victims and international victims, and it lowers the legal barriers these victims face when they seek justice against their traffickers. The TVPRA of 2008, however, is only a first step toward addressing the issue of human trafficking because adult domestic victims are largely left out of its reforms. To successfully combat the issue of human trafficking in the next reauthorization of the TVPA, the federal government must address the inherent problems faced by adult domestic victims. Without a uniform and serious federal approach to the issue of human trafficking, which includes adult domestic trafficking, human trafficking will only continue to grow and adversely affect thousands of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents.”
- Posted: 07/23/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
- Tags: Topic: Legal Periodicals, Topic: Pornography, Topic: Trafficking
NCPA: “Despite strong opposition, the Australian government continues to support mandatory filtering of the Internet, seeking to establish a ‘Great Firewall of Australia.’ If filtering is implemented, all internet service providers (ISPs) would have to scan their Internet traffic in real time, blocking access to sites that appear on a government blacklist, says Chris Williams-Wynn, a recent honors graduate of the University of Melbourne.”
- Posted: 07/21/2010
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- Category: Global: Miscellaneous
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- Source: www.ncpa.org
- Tags: Category: Global, Country: Australia, Global: Miscellaneous, Topic: Internet, Topic: Pornography
Defending Against a Charge of Obscenity in the Internet Age: How Google Searches Can Illuminate Miller’s “Contemporary Community Standards”
Shannon Creasy, 26 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1029 (2010)
“Whether Miller‘s contemporary community standards test should be completely abandoned has been the subject of much debate and falls outside the scope of this work. To date, most governmental attempts at Internet regulation have been aimed at protecting children from online pornography, which is another issue that falls outside the scope of this work. This Note will, however, explore the challenges the courts have encountered when applying the community standards test, the ways in which both parties have attempted to shed light on Miller’s requirements, and how courts can simplify this process by allowing Internet search engine data to be introduced as evidence of the community’s values. To that end, Part I traces the history of obscenity law in the United States up to the current Miller test. Part II examines the application of the Miller test, analyzing the challenges involved in defining the community and the difficulties defendants face when trying to prove the standard with various types of evidence. Finally, Part III argues in favor of more clearly identifying the relevant community and, under any definition of community, allowing Google searches (and other search engine data) to be admitted as evidence to establish the values of that community.”
- Posted: 07/21/2010
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- Category: Miscellaneous
- Tags: Topic: Internet, Topic: Legal Periodicals, Topic: Obscenity, Topic: Pornography
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