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Pornography and the First Amendment Last Featured: 3/24/2008 Listen to Full Program (Windows Media Player Required) Download the MP3 (Right-click and choose 'Save As...' from the pop-up menu.) Read Along with the Transcript (Acrobat PDF file.) Read Along with Closed Captions (For assistance viewing captions, click here .) Justice Learning Listening Guide (Acrobat PDF file.) Note: Justice Talking ceased production on June 30 of 2008. Link information on this site is not maintained and is provided for historical interest only. Although correct when posted, The Annenberg Public Policy Center makes no claim as the the accuracy or continued availability of any third party web links found on this site. Overview The U.S. Supreme Court has struggled over the years to define where the First Amendment ends and obscenity begins. The pressure to answer that question is intensifying as pornography moves onto the Internet and as public concerns increase about child pornography. Several moves to regulate porn are testing the limits of the First Amendment. But the porn industry has some civil rights groups in its corner, arguing that there is a real risk the government will go too far. Join us on this edition of Justice Talking as we examine pornography and the law. Anti-Porn Activist Takes a Stand Kristin Espeland reports on one man's anti-pornography effort in Kentucky. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version A Porn Star Speaks Out Host Margot Adler speaks with performer and educator Nina Hartley, who defends the adult entertainment industry. Nina Hartley has been an adult film actress for over 20 years. She is also a sex educator and a registered nurse. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Does COPA Protect or Censor? Host Margot Adler discusses the Child Online Protection Act with lawyers Jay Sekulow and Nadine Strossen. Jay Sekulow is chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a law firm and educational organization that specializes in constitutional law. Nadine Strossen is the president of the American Civil Liberties Union and is the author of Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Fake Child Pornography, Real Jail Time? Joan Biskupic talks to host Margot Adler about the U.S. v. Williams case before the Supreme Court this term. Joan Biskupic is the Supreme Court reporter for USA Today. She is also the author of Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice and is currently working on a book about Justice Antonin Scalia. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Just Another Small Business? Reporter Keith Brand speaks with an adult video producer about the day-to-day challenges of running what he says is an honest business. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version The Threat of Over-Regulation Host Margot Adler speaks with lobbyist Diane Duke about why new record-keeping regulations for porn producers may be unconstitutional. Diane Duke is the executive director of the Free Speech Coalition. She previously worked for Planned Parenthood and the YMCA. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version Safeguarding Through Record-Keeping Host Margot Adler speaks with lobbyist Robert Peters, who says strict regulation of porn producers is a necessity. Robert Peters is president of Morality in Media, Inc. He has written and spoken extensively on obscenity and decency in the media. Listen to Audio: Windows Media MP3 Version ©1999-2010 University of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. Any Justice Talking program downloaded or podcast from this site is for personal use only. 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Williams Child Online Protection Act (COPA) Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) PROTECT Act (Acrobat PDF file) Free Expression Policy Project Justice Department Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Citizens for Community Values Adult Freedom Foundation Alliance Defense Fund First Amendment Center Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America by Laura Kipnis Child Pornography: An Internet Crime by Ethel Quayle Online Pornography (Opposing Viewpoints) by Emma Bernay and Emma Carlson Berne Prostitution and Pornography: Philosophical Debate About the Sex Industry by Jessica Spector (editor) The Invention of Pornography, 1500-1800: Obscenity and the Origins of Modernity by Lynn Hunt (editor) Regulation of the Entertainment Industry The FCC's New Rules for Media Ownership Pornography and the First Amendment