IASC 1P50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Seven Dirty Words, Dominick Fernow, George Carlin
3 Dec 2014
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Telecommunication act of 1996 is not important. Written for offensive or controversial speech and ideas. Covers spoken and written words, pictures, art, and other forms of expression of ideas and opinions. Restriction on the power of government, not individuals or private businesses. Libel and direct, specific threats are not protected. Most efforts to censor the internet focus on pornographic and other sexually explicit material. Depicts a sexual act against state law. Depicts these acts in a patently offensive manner that appeals to prurient interest as judged by a reasonable person using community standards. Lacks literary, artistic, social, political or scientific value. George carlin records filthy words in 1973. Laws must not chill expression of legal speech. Do not reduce adults to reading only what is fit for children. Solve speech problems by least restrictive means. Attempted to avoid conflict with first amendment by focusing on children.
