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Porn: You Want It

"I have reached the conclusion, which I think is confirmed at least by negative implication in the Court's decisions since Roth and Alberts, that under the First and Fourteenth Amendments criminal laws in this area are constitutionally limited to hard-core pornography. I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that." - Justice Potter Stewart in JACOBELLIS v. OHIO

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June 2008
- Tarantino May Turn to Porn for Next Project
  
  New York Post | Jun 30, 08 11:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Porn star Tera Patrick is being considered for a role in Quentin Tarantino's remake of Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! , the New York Post reports. "Quentin loves her, and she's a dead ringer for original star Tura Satana," says a source. The original cult film, released in 1966, follows three go-go dancers on a violent trip across the desert. More »
- Judge Pulls Sex Tapes Off Web Site
  
  Associated Press | Jun 28, 08 10:59 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - Verne Troyer managed to get the sex tape starring him and a former girlfriend out of circulation, at least for a while, last night, after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by his attorneys. The celebrity Web site TMZ pulled the 25-second snippet of the Austin Powers actor that had been up since Wednesday, and the ruling also blocks any attempt by a porn distributor to take orders for the full 50-minute video. More »
- Lawyer Uses Google to Judge Obscenity
  
  New York Times | Jun 24, 08 9:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A defense lawyer in a Florida obscenity case is trying out a new technique for determining those elusive “community standards” courts have been fighting over for years: what locals search for on Google. The resourceful attorney compared the frequency of local searches for words like “orgy” and “apple pie,” and found that searches for the former were more common, the New York Times reports. That behavior, he argues, constitutes evidence of the sort of standard a 1973 Supreme Court decision called for. More »
- Hef Had Family Foursome, Gay Tryst
  
  New York Post | Jun 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hugh Hefner has signed off on a new biography that delves into the Playboy kingpin's sexual liberation, the New York Post reports. In "Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream," Steven Watts writes how the skin-mag magnate had a foursome with his first wife, his brother Keith and his sister-in-law, starred in a porno, and received oral sex from a man. More »
- Judge Quits Calif. Porn Obscenity Trial
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 13, 08 8:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The California judge whose risqué website stalled an obscenity trial 3 days ago has recused himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. “In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial,” Alex Kozinski said. Kozinski, a judicial conservative, has been considered a candidate for the Supreme Court. More »
- R. Kelly Not Guilty on All Counts
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jun 13, 08 4:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Just over 6 years after he was originally indicted, singer R. Kelly was found not guilty today on all 14 child porn counts against him. The jury of three women and nine men deliberated for less than a day before acquitting the singer/songwriter after a 4-week trial, the Chicago Tribune reports. "This prosecution is one we have no reservations about," said the state's attorney. More »
- Deliberations Begin in R. Kelly Sex Tape Trial
  
  New York Post | Jun 12, 08 9:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Both sides in the R. Kelly child porn case have presented their closing arguments, and the jury will resume deliberating the fate of the R&B singer tomorrow morning, the New York Post reports. Jurors today watched parts of the infamous tape that prosecutors say shows Kelly having sex with an underage girl. Kelly and the alleged victim both have denied being on the tape. He faces up to 15 years if convicted. More »
- Porn Trial Halted After Judge's Risque Site Found
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 12, 08 7:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A federal obscenity trial has been suspended after the Los Angeles Times revealed that the presiding judge—a high-ranking conservative who has been mentioned for the Supreme Court—had his own website featuring explicit photos and videos. The publicly accessible material on Alex Kozinski's site included photos of naked women painted to look like cows and a video of a semi-naked man cavorting with an aroused farm animal. Kozinski termed some of the material "funny," but admitted some was not appropriate. More »
- Top ISPs Agree to Block Child Porn Sites
  
  New York Times | Jun 10, 08 9:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Three top Internet providers have agreed to block known child pornography hot spots, thanks to some strong-arm tactics from New York AG Andrew Cuomo, the New York Times reports. After an 8-month investigation, Cuomo threatened to come down on Time Warner, Verizon, and Sprint for fraud and deceptive business practices. The Internet giants acquiesced. More »
- Sex Robots Haunt Franken's Senate Bid
  
  Bloomberg | Jun 9, 08 12:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s not easy being a comedian-turned-Senate candidate. Al Franken’s bid to replace first-term Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman has hit some speed bumps lately, Bloomberg reports. Though Franken has nabbed the party’s endorsement, he’s been dogged by bits from his past—like a 2000 Playboy article entitled Porn-O-Rama , which describes human-robot sex in graphic detail—and the GOP isn't hesitating to dredge up more. More »
- Art or Smut? Bring Your Own Popcorn
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 9, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Los Angeles jury will watch hours of adult films in an effort to decide if they are art or obscenity, the LA Times reports. A Justice Department task force formed to battle smut has brought a case against a filmmaker whose works depict acts such as bestiality and defecation. But Ira Isaacs says he's an artist protected by the First Amendment. More »
May 2008
- Witness IDs Kelly In Child Porn Tape
  
  Chicago Sun-Times | May 28, 08 5:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Witnesses in the R. Kelly child-porn case have identified the singer and a young teen girl in a sex tape, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . “I didn't want to think it was them,” said Kelly’s former assistant, but on a second viewing, she was “110%” certain. The girl would come to Kelly's studio "after school and do her homework," once even showing up with an overnight bag, the aide said. More »
- Hacker Adds Bestiality to Fairy Tale
  
  Contra Costa Times | May 26, 08 2:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A miscreant hacked into a California library's phone "story line" and recorded an obscenity-laced tale about sex between a pig and a dog. The mother of a 6-year-old quickly realized something was wrong and notified the library, reports the Conta Costa Times . More »
- Teen Busted for Posting Ex's Nude Pix on MySpace
  
  The Smoking Gun | May 22, 08 5:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Wisconsin teen didn't take it too well when his relationship turned sour, so he posted graphic nude photographs of his 16-year-old ex on his MySpace page with equally graphic captions, reports the Smoking Gun. The cops got a foul-mouthed refusal when they asked him to remove the photos. That's when they busted him on child porn charges. He's in jail until his hearing next week. More »
- Kelly Jurors Watch Child Porn Video
  
  E! Online | May 21, 08 6:37 AM CDT