Obscenity/Pornography/Indecency

 

Here is a good overview, although it doesn't include the most recent developments.

paris & Nicole

The F.C.C. and indecency

F.C.C. v Fox, April 28, 2009
"Supreme Court Backs F.C.C. on Indecency Rule"
"Indecency Complaints pile up at F.C.C."
"Dear Justice Scalia"
"High Court OKs Media Watchdog's 'Fleeting Expletives' Policy"
"The FCC's F-word: Freedom"
"F#*& No This Case Isn’t Over!"

What the FCC has to say and the indecency cases it has handled (1970-2004), from Jerry Garcia to Janet Jackson.

"It's all bleeped-up" (analysis written in 2008, before Supreme Court decision)

Child pornography

New York v. Ferber
Osborne v. Ohio
news article
"Too much sex or too much law?"
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
commentary

Library filters and the Internet

U.S. v. American Library Assn.
First Amendment Center commentary

Obscenity

Miller v. California
commentary
Sable Communications of California v. F.C.C. (dial-a-porn)
Jenkins v. Georgia ("Carnal Knowledge" film not obscene)

Profanity

"Profanity and the First Amendment"

Cases and resources