The Miller Test is an American legal test by which a particular item can be evaluated to determine whether or not it is legally considered to be obscene. This test was established by the US Supreme Court and allows other courts in the US to more precisely determine the obscenity of an ...
I think about the Miller test now and realize there is no good way to use "community standards" as a measure for anything approaching obscenity. My hometown would have sent a provocative artist like Robert Mapplethorpe to prison for peddling smut. Another city would have provided a venue to ...
TheFirst Amendmentto the U.S. Constitution guarantees the freedom of the press in the United States. The First Amendment is actually three separate clauses that guarantee not only press freedom, but freedom of religion, the right to assemble, and to "petition the government for a redress of ...
Today, PC culture—a theoretical purely politically correct society—is most commonly associated with movements such as gender-based bias, gay rights, and ethnic minority advocacy. For example, the PC culture prefers that the terms “spokesman” or “spokeswoman,” be replaced by the gender-neutral...
I think about the Miller test now and realize there is no good way to use "community standards" as a measure for anything approaching obscenity. My hometown would have sent a provocative artist like Robert Mapplethorpe to prison for peddling smut. Another city would have provided a venue to ...
A custodian of records affidavit, or statement of compliance, is mandatory for all adult films produced in the United States. Also know as a declaration of custodian of records, this proclamation must be included as part of the finished product sold to customers. It is typically placed at the...
Miller v. California (1973) aided in developing a definition of obscenity and community standards. Essentially, the Supreme Court defined obscenity as: Appealing to the prurient interest Describing or depicting in offensive ways sexual conduct defined by applicable laws ...