A Nation of One? Community Standards in the Internet Era

Authors

Noah Hertz-Bunzl, Fordham University School of LawFollow

Keywords

obscenity, first amendment, free speech, internet, community standards, overbreadth, pornography

Abstract

This note examines tensions between the community standards doctrine in First Amendment obscenity law and nationwide prosecutions of internet obscenity. The note focuses on recent cases on the topic, especially in the Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Recommended Citation

Noah Hertz-Bunzl, A Nation of One? Community Standards in the Internet Era, 22 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 145 (2011).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/iplj/vol22/iss1/5