CompuServe Thread

Ethics vs. Sex on CDROMs

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#50107From: wally schwarzJun 8, 1993 12:03 AM
Was the graphic image OBSCENE or INDECENT? If the image was INDECENT it IS protected under the 1st Amendment.
#50592From: JAN SCHWENKJun 15, 1993 7:46 AM
Wally, I am not capable of defining obscene (nor is, apparently the Supreme Court). However, that is not the issue. This disc is being offered to children and to unsuspecting BBS operators. In addition, the publishers of the disc DENY that there is any "sexually explicit" material on the disc. This is absurd as simply viewing the images on the disc is proof. I don't intend to police the CD-ROM industry. All this noise has been about the publishers denying that this material was on the disc and their threats to sue me for all sorts of reasons. The FBI tells me, by the way, that knowingly distributing a trojan horse violates some recent federal statutes. Rgds Jan