Free Speech Coalition (FSC) lawyers said they are ‘cautiously opt...
Free Speech Coalition (FSC) lawyers said they are “cautiously optimistic” that record-keeping rules for adult magazines and videos won’t extend to adult websites, following a preliminary injunction hearing in U.S. Dist. Court, Denver, last week. The Justice Dept. planned…
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to apply provisions in Sec. 2257 of the 1988 Child Protection & Obscenity Enforcement Act to all adult websites, including those run by amateurs, but held off until Sept. 7 under a deal reached with FSC (WID June 27 p1), an adult entertainment trade group. The Free Speech Coalition v. Alberto Gonzales hearing “did not result in an immediate decision” by the judge, but was “a significant milestone in the FSC challenge to this unlawful attempt by the government to chill protected speech,” FSC Chmn. Jeffrey Douglas said in a statement. The group believes the judge will enjoin the secondary-producer provisions of Sec. 2257, and “we will succeed in obtaining an injunction of the entire regulatory scheme,” Douglas said.