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MILLER v. CALIFORNIA,<br />

413 U.S. 15 (1973)<br />

WHO SHOULD DECIDE WHEN<br />

A MOVIE IS OBSCENE<br />

• COURT RULED A FILM IS OBSCENE WHEN TAKEN<br />

AS A WHOLE, IT APPEALS TO THE PRURIENT<br />

INTEREST, IS PATENTLY OFFENSIVE, LACKS<br />

ARTISTIC OR SCIENTIFIC MERIT.<br />

• BUT, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SHOULD DECIDE.<br />

• THIS DIDN’T WORK -- “CARNAL KNOWLEDGE” WAS<br />

BANNED IN ALBANY, GEORGIA.<br />

• THE COURT DIDN’T WANT SERIOUS FILMS BANNED.

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