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Memorandum,
<br />March 3,0�, 1,988
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<br />IV 0, OBSCENITY
<br />,As stated aboves, obiscene s h si not protected by the
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<br />Uni'tied, States, Constitution., The Feideria,l Cable Communica-
<br />Us "obisice,n"' prog a
<br />rmming.
<br />tions Poliaicy ct of 1984 e
<br />A prohibi
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<br />Wholever transmits, olver any ca,bil,e s,yistelm any
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<br />matteir, which, isi obscene or otherwise, u,npriol
<br />teicteld by the Constitution of the United
<br />Statels shall be fined not morel than $10rOOO or
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<br />impirisio,ned not more than two yelarsi; or both*
<br />Whi'le this section, clearly prohibits transimission of obscene
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<br />,(a) 'Whether the average personf applying
<br />contemporary community standards, would n
<br />that the workvi taken, as a whole, appeals, to
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<br />thel prurient interestv
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<br />(b) wheithe,r the work deplicts or describes, in
<br />a patently offensive wayip, selxual contact
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<br />f'ica,lly delf ned by the applicable state
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<br />(c,), wheithe r the
<br />slerious, liteirar�yr
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<br />scilenti f ic value,
<br />413 Ul.S. at 241.,
<br />work t,akein as a, wlhoile, lacks
<br />artiestioc, Willaticalt, or,
<br />All threel factoris must blel present for materlwal to be
<br />ruled to be obscieneiiii, To tihe best of my, k,n,owledg�er, the
<br />United Statels �Su,preme Court hasi never foiund material to b
<br />bsicene usingi the Mil,leir court st,andards.
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