Catonic wrote:

seriouslyuguys wrote:

Rattle wrote:
In the most recent blow against evil pornography, the feds have pointed the chilling effects laser at SuicideGirls, forcing them to take down a number of photo-sets and individual photos.

It doesn't look like the Feds actually DID anything. They are pre-emptively taking photosets down in order to stave off prosecution. But the fundies have already won. If I were running SG I'd stand my ground and fight rather then wimping out like this.

Sounds like Prior Restraint to me.

I was refered to a piece about the owner of Suicide Girls by the Sensual Liberation Army site in which although looking superficially alternative the Suicide Girls site owner is in person quite right wing so perhaps he is only out to make money rather than a member of the libertarian right.
Surely attempts to stop this sort of consensual material will continue and needs perhaps to go to court to reaffirm 1st Ammendment rights. The argument about community standards is strange. Surely the 1st ammendment is to protect minority voices against majoritarianism. The question arises, if the shape of the Supreme Court changes because liberals on the Court retire or die, will a real threat to 1st ammendment rights occur.

RE: Justice Department in War Against Porn, chilling effects hit SuicideGirls