Obscenity (6926 bytes)
1: '''Obscenity''' has several connotations. ''Obscenity'' and its parent [[adjective]] ''obscene'' come f...
3: ...ened", as in such uses as "obscene profits", "the obscenity of war", and the like. It can simply be used to m...
5: The definition of obscenity differs from culture to culture, between
7: Because the concept of obscenity is often ill-defined, it can be used as a
9: Thus, the definition of obscenity can be a [[civil liberties]] issue.

Obscene Publications Act (1052 bytes)
1: Since [[1857]], a series of [[obscenity law]]s known as the '''Obscene Publications Acts'...
6: ...cent legislation. They define the legal bounds of obscenity in the UK, and are used to enforce the censorship...
11: * 1960: [[Lady Chatterley's Lover]] obscenity trial
12: * 1971: [[Oz (magazine)|Schoolkids' Oz]] obscenity trial
21: [[Category:Obscenity law]]

Censorship in the United Kingdom (5531 bytes)
3: == Obscenity law ==
5: ... the various '''Obscene Publications Acts''', but obscenity law goes back much further into the English [[com...
7: ...'s peace appears to be the first conviction for [[obscenity]] in the United Kingdom, and set a [[legal preced...
9: ...w ideas of obscenity formed the original basis of obscenity law in other common law countries, such as the Un...
11: Obscenity is governed by the [[Obscene Publications Act]].

Rob Zicari (2688 bytes)
3: ...ociates''', were indicted for violating federal [[obscenity]] laws by distributing pornographic materials, so...
7: ...his defense fund. (Production and distribution of obscenity is illegal, while mere possession is not.)
9: ...er [[Larry Flynt]], who also had to fight various obscenity trials in the past. Zicari asked the adult indust...
13: ..., agreeing with the defense that the Federal anti-obscenity statutes are unconstitutional. It is likely that ...

Fanny Hill (2391 bytes)
5: ... States]] where, in [[1821]], it was banned for [[obscenity]].
7: ...easure''''' which also was immediately banned for obscenity. The publisher challenged the ban in court.
9: ...t the [[Roth_v._United_States|Roth standard]] for obscenity.

Mosaic (disambiguation) (562 bytes)
7: ... in Japan|Japanese pornography]] to comply with [[obscenity law]]s.

Roth v. United States (6233 bytes)
11: ...anned as "obscene." However, Roth reaffirmed that obscenity was not protected by the First Amendment, and thu...
13: ...om of communication generally," but agreeing that obscenity is not constitutionally protected, concurred only...
17: ...ds that while states had broad power to prosecute obscenity, the federal government did not.
21: ...Potter Stewart]], holding that Roth protected all obscenity except "hard-core pornography," famously wrote, "...
23: ...the Court either, and the state of the law in the obscenity field remained confused.

Cockney Wanker (795 bytes)
6: His name, as it contains an obscenity, is '[[Spoonerism|spoonerised]]' whenever feature...

Carpocrates (2496 bytes)
9: ...crates, who taught his followers to perform every obscenity and every sinful act. And unless one proceeds thr...
11: ...anity that has been corrupted by magic and sexual obscenity. Claims like these [[heresy|heresiological]] and ...

Miller test (4333 bytes)
12: ... that the existence of Miller proves that federal obscenity laws are in fact not defined, and thus unenforcea...
14: ...tive persons in the community are offended by, as obscenity was defined by the previous test, the Hicklin tes...
23: [[Category:Obscenity law]]

Indecent (2229 bytes)
9: *[[obscenity]], such as [[swear]]ing and other forms of foul o...
25: [[Obscenity]] is defined in the [[Obscene Publications Act]]

Ismat Chughtai (888 bytes)
3: In [[1941]], she was charged with obscenity for her short story ''The Quilt'' which dealt wit...

Sex (play) (837 bytes)
1: ...] raided West and her company, charging them with obscenity, despite the fact that 325,000 people had watched...

Bad Attitude (2339 bytes)
9: ...eme Court of Canada)), actually declares that the obscenity law was unconstitutional if used to restrict mate...

Windmill Theatre (791 bytes)
1: ...that since nude [[statue]]s were not inherently [[Obscenity|obscene]], it was permissible to depict nudity on...

The Rainbow (849 bytes)
3: ...aused ''The Rainbow'' to be banned and subject to obscenity trials in Britain and the United States during th...

Limitations clause (924 bytes)
5: ...t a variety of conduct such as [[hate speech]], [[obscenity]] and [[tobacco]] [[publicity]]. It can be used b...

Vanessa Feltz (732 bytes)
3: ...led on the house table with chalk and screamed an obscenity at the voice of Big Brother.

I Am Curious (Yellow) (876 bytes)
5: ...t]] legalized the movie by overturning the [[anti-obscenity law]] that regulated motion pictures.

Sandymount Strand (819 bytes)
5: ...h led to the banning of the book in the USA for [[obscenity]].

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