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Displaying obscene content on web pages is [http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title18/parti_chapter71_.html illegal] in the United States.
 
Displaying obscene content on web pages is [http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title18/parti_chapter71_.html illegal] in the United States.
  
Obscenity is not as clearly defined as ([ 18 U.S.C., p1, Chapter 71]) but the definition of obscene is much less specific than the definition of [[ChildExploitation]].  Obscenity is generally governed by the Supreme Court Case [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=413&invol=15 Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)] which resulted in a three part test for obscenity.  The test begins with a reference to [[AboutUs:CommunityStandards|community standards]] and ends with the question of serious value. The Miller Test is quoted below:
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Obscenity is not as clearly defined as [[ChildPornography|child pornography]].
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  ([ 18 U.S.C., p1, Chapter 71]) but the definition of obscene is much less specific than the definition of [[ChildExploitation]].  Obscenity is generally governed by the Supreme Court Case [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=US&vol=413&invol=15 Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973)] which resulted in a three part test for obscenity.  The test begins with a reference to [[AboutUs:CommunityStandards|community standards]] and ends with the question of serious value. The Miller Test is quoted below:
 
<blockquote>(a) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to [[PurientInterest]],
 
<blockquote>(a) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to [[PurientInterest]],
 
<br>(b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and
 
<br>(b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and

Revision as of 21:58, 29 January 2010

Displaying obscene content on web pages is illegal in the United States.

Obscenity is not as clearly defined as child pornography.

 ([ 18 U.S.C., p1, Chapter 71]) but the definition of obscene is much less specific than the definition of ChildExploitation.  Obscenity is generally governed by the Supreme Court Case Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973) which resulted in a three part test for obscenity.  The test begins with a reference to community standards and ends with the question of serious value. The Miller Test is quoted below:
(a) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to PurientInterest,


(b) whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and


(c) whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

More on obscenity:

adultweblaw
WikiPedia First Amendment/Obscenity
University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School

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