Friday, October 10, 2008

New obscenity charges raise questions in Internet Age; Antivirus superhero comes to the rescue

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10/10/08

New obscenity charges raise questions in Internet Age
http://www.networkworld.com/nldailynewspm163794

By Grant Gross

A long-standing court test using community standards to
determine whether adult content is criminally obscene has been a
potential problem area for the U.S. pornography industry. But a
debate that's been largely abstract for years has recently
changed as the U.S. Department of Justice successfully
prosecuted two Web site operators for obscenity.Read full story
http://www.networkworld.com/nldailynewspm163794

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