An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin obscēnus, obscaenus, "boding...
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Hypnotize (album) (redirect from Vicinity of Obscenity (song))
"Holy Mountains": Tankian (main), Malakian (second voice) "Vicinity of Obscenity": Tankian "She's Like Heroin": Malakian (main), Tankian (second voice)...
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Latin obscenity is the profane, indecent, or impolite vocabulary of Latin, and its uses. Words deemed obscene were described as obsc(a)ena (obscene, lewd...
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United States obscenity law deals with the regulation or suppression of what is considered obscenity and therefore not protected speech or expression under...
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Public Obscenities is a 2024 bilingual play written by Shayok Misha Chowdhury. Bengali-American Ph.D. student Choton, who speaks both English and Bangla...
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Miller test (redirect from Miller Obscenity Test)
The Miller test, also called the three-prong obscenity test, is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can...
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The Texas obscenity statute is a statute prohibiting the sale of sex toys in Texas. The law was introduced in 1973, and was last updated in 2003. While...
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Lenny Bruce (section Obscenity arrests)
in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003. Bruce paved the way for counterculture-era comedians. His trial for obscenity was a...
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Obscenity is a German death metal band from Oldenburg that formed in 1989. The band has released ten studio albums, their most recent being Summoning...
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"borderline pornography" (or "borderline obscenity") was made in the 1950s and 1960s by American jurists discussing obscenity laws. "Borderline pornography" appealed...
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United States Department of Justice Criminal Division (redirect from Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section)
and Intellectual Property Section formed in 1996 Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). Created in 1987, the section comprises approximately 15...
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Twin Obscenity is a Norwegian death/black metal band.[citation needed] They borrowed their name from Zhar and Lloigor, collectively known as the Twin...
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Morbid Obscenity is the first CD put out by the collection of Comedians known as The Unbookables. Released in 2006 by Stand Up! Records and recorded live...
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erotic depictions, various people made attempts to suppress them under obscenity laws, censor, or make them illegal. Such grounds and even the definition...
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Obscene Publications Acts (redirect from UK obscenity laws)
Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales. The classic definition...
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Comstock Act of 1873 (category Obscenity law)
widely upheld as constitutional. The Comstock Act does not criminalize obscenity, criminal incitement, or abortion directly but it criminalizes the use...
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found to be obscene, whereas the first does not require a finding of obscenity. Child pornography first became illegal at the federal level in 1978,...
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (category Obscenity controversies in literature)
obscenity trial against the publisher Penguin Books, which won the case and quickly sold three million copies. The book was also banned for obscenity...
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Max Hardcore (category People convicted of obscenity)
two and a half years in prison (2009–2011), convicted in a trial for obscenity. Max Hardcore's films generally consist of sexual acts executed by himself...
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Miller v. California (category United States obscenity case law)
decision of the U.S. Supreme Court clarifying the legal definition of obscenity as material that lacks "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific...
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response, the United States Congress funded the President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, set up by President Lyndon B. Johnson to study pornography...
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depictions of minors may still be found illegal under U.S. federal obscenity law. The obscenity law further states in section C "It is not a required element...
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Damnation (redirect from Damn (obscenity))
Damnation (from Latin damnatio) is the concept of divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for sins that were committed, or in some cases, good actions...
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limitations or boundaries to freedom of speech relate to libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, sedition, incitement, fighting words, hate speech, classified...
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Censorship in the United Kingdom (redirect from British obscenity law)
containing information likely to be of use to a terrorist, treason, sedition, obscenity, indecency including corruption of public morals and outraging public...
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Rob Zicari (section Obscenity prosecution)
company Extreme Associates. Zicari was prosecuted for distribution of obscenity by the United States Department of Justice in 2004. The case was dismissed...
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fuck you in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fuck You is a form of the obscenity "fuck". It may also refer to: Fuck You (EP), a 1987 thrash metal EP by...
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Deep Throat (film) (category Obscenity controversies in film)
launched the "porno chic" trend, although the film was the subject of obscenity trials and banned in some jurisdictions. Lovelace later wrote that she...
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Pornography in the United States (category Obscenity controversies in film)
its definition, its relationship with prostitution, the definition of obscenity, rulings about personal possession of pornography, and its standing in...
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them "pornographic", and attempted to have them suppressed under other obscenity laws, with varying degrees of success. Such films continued to be produced...
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