"obscenity" tag (sorted by SiNergy)

Something needs to be done about the wholesale manipulation of the FBI and local governments in the persecution of adult studios who ship their material to various parts of the country. In what is more like a frame up to exploit porn producers, the devious means that the authorities employ to persecute people by way of technicality is finally being exposed.

Student filmmakers from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts were arrested after filming a "simulated" sex scene. The charge is "participating in preparation of obscene material". OK, hold up a second. Art/film students are arrested for doing there homework? What's next, every producer of a Hollywood sex scene is going to be arrested too?

After initially claiming it would not restrict internet access offered through its Gogo in-flight broadband offering, American Airlines has caved to pressure from community groups to restrict access to porn sites.

Given that Paul Little was found guilty of obscenity charges stemming from the distribution of pornographic DVDs through the mail, his sentencing shows that Judge Susan G. Bucklew applied fines and jail time 'within the guidelines' of federal sentencing protocol.

A man in the UK recently created a blog post entitled "Girls (Scream) Aloud" in which he made graphic reference to a fantasy involving the kidnapping, rape, and mutilation of girls from the band "Girls Aloud".

Extreme Associates defendants Rob Black and Lizzie Borden have waited five years to get a resolution on federal obscenity charges stemming from videos sent through the US Posatal Service depicting rape and torture. The next proceeding for the pair and their Los Angeles company will be March 16th, 2009 as announced by U.S. District Judge Gary L. Lancaster.

The Adult Industry in Los Angeles is under the most ruthless attack by the US Justice Department since 1990. Yet some industry leaders don't realize, the potential magnitude of the problem. Many think it won't ever happen to them, because they don't make nasty smut. That's what John Stagliano thought too...

Robul Hoque has become the first person in the UK to be sentenced for viewing obscene images that were created by virtual reality rendering software. Although the pictures were animated, cartoons, and virtually generated, much of the content was in relation to a child abuse fantasy that was very realistic and therefore deemed obscene; thus Hoque was sentenced to 18 months community service.

A new report by a Canadian website highlights the dangers our first amendment rights face with the current onslaught of anti-porn legislation being pushed by right wing political interests under the guise of clamping down on child porn.

Paul Little lost his initial case in defending federal obscenity charges stemming from his Max Hardcore line of somewhat graphic sexual content, but is currently awaiting a decision as to whether he must wait in jail while his appeal is reviewed. His motion is supported by the fact that he is unlikely to flee and has cooperated with all proceedings to date.