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I got this from an article written by First Amendement Attorney Lawrence G Walters for Steve Nelson's AI News Website. A Federal Judge ruled that live sex acts shown over the internet are NOT protected by the First Amendment. ZOWIE!!! This is probably a bad decision which can be overturned, but right now it can be used to go after webgirls for simple sex shows.There's also some ominous warnings from the religous right about an upcumming attack on internet obscenity in his article. I'm going to quote Mr Walters directly on the Webcam decision plus there's a link below to the rest of his article. Read it!!!!!!
" Streaming Adult Video Performances not Protected by the First Amendment in a disturbing blow to the First Amendment's protection of erotic speech, a federal judge recently ruled that the First Amendment does not protect "live acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation or oral sex between marital partners captured on 'streaming' or real time video tape for dissemination over the Web."
The judge issued the ruling in connection with a case brought by a former Sheriff's Deputy against his former employer, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, alleging a deprivation of First Amendment rights as a result of his termination for engaging in group sexual activities displayed on the Internet. The court dismissed the Plaintiff's claims, concluding: "Group physical sexual activity staged, and photographed in a hotel room for mass distribution over a pay Website, does not constitute expressive conduct within the meaning of the First Amendment." While the court paid lip service to the well-established precedent protecting the right to distribute or view non-obscene, sexually explicit materials, it denied such protection for those who "engage" in public sexual activity, "either in the middle of the street, or in a hotel room under the eye of a camera with intent to capture and distribute the images over the Web to a mass audience. This ruling strikes at the heart of the constitutional protections afforded those who perform in sexually oriented media. Given the financial status of the Plaintiffs, an appeal of this unfortunate decision is unlikely in the absence of significant industry support."
http://www.ainews.com/story/5034/
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" Streaming Adult Video Performances not Protected by the First Amendment in a disturbing blow to the First Amendment's protection of erotic speech, a federal judge recently ruled that the First Amendment does not protect "live acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation or oral sex between marital partners captured on 'streaming' or real time video tape for dissemination over the Web."
The judge issued the ruling in connection with a case brought by a former Sheriff's Deputy against his former employer, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, alleging a deprivation of First Amendment rights as a result of his termination for engaging in group sexual activities displayed on the Internet. The court dismissed the Plaintiff's claims, concluding: "Group physical sexual activity staged, and photographed in a hotel room for mass distribution over a pay Website, does not constitute expressive conduct within the meaning of the First Amendment." While the court paid lip service to the well-established precedent protecting the right to distribute or view non-obscene, sexually explicit materials, it denied such protection for those who "engage" in public sexual activity, "either in the middle of the street, or in a hotel room under the eye of a camera with intent to capture and distribute the images over the Web to a mass audience. This ruling strikes at the heart of the constitutional protections afforded those who perform in sexually oriented media. Given the financial status of the Plaintiffs, an appeal of this unfortunate decision is unlikely in the absence of significant industry support."
http://www.ainews.com/story/5034/
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