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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.