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CENSORSHIP AND ATTACKS OF THE ARTS Michigan artist Jef Bourgeau speaks out against censorship Freedom Forum - 7-14-2000 Poseidon's new clothes: Public art gets dressed up, and down Sacramento Bee - 7-11-2000 Nude photo shoot goes off without a hitch Freedom Forum - 6-5-2000 Nude NYC photo shoot gets nod from federal appeals panel Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 GIULIANI'S ATTACK ON SENSATIONS EXHIBIT The Long And The Short Of It National Coalition Against Censorship - Spring 2000 Giuliani and Brooklyn Museum Chicken Out Robert Lederman - 3-30-2000 Brooklyn Museum settles case against New York Freedom To Read Foundation - 3-30-2000 NYC, Brooklyn Museum come to terms over 'Sensation' Freedom Forum - 3-28-2000 Federal appeals judges balk at city attorney's 'Sensation' claims Freedom Forum - 1-12-2000 NYC to fight ruling restoring city funding to Brooklyn Museum Freedom Forum - 11-2-1999 Giuliani, Enemy of Art Robert Lederman - 11-2-1999 Federal judge orders NYC to restore funding to Brooklyn Museum Freedom Forum - 11-1-1999 Judge Tells Mayor Giuliani: HANDS OFF THE FIRST AMENDMENT! People For The American Way - 11-1-1999 The Museum vs. The Mayor Americans For The Arts - 11-1-1999 Brooklyn museum's capital funds safe despite 'Sensation' Freedom Forum - 10-21-1999 Brooklyn Museum continues fight to keep city funds Freedom Forum - 10-18-1999 Arts groups accuse NYC mayor of favoring religion in museum funds dispute Freedom Forum - 10-15-1999 Americans For The Arts Urges Mayor Giuliani To Restore Public Funds To The Brooklyn Museum Of Art Americans For The Arts - 10-12-99 Bush & Giuliani: These guys want to lead the free but mute their speech Robyn Blumner - 10-10-1999 Civil Liberties Union Files Brief Supporting Brooklyn Museum In Controversy with Mayor Giuliani ACLU - 10-8-1999 ACTION ALERT: Giuliani's Pro-Censorship Views Need Balance on Sunday Shows FAIR - 10-8-1999 Attorneys for museum, NYC square off in Brooklyn courthouse Freedom Forum - 10-8-1999 Brooklyn Museum, Hit Man cases attract legal analysis Freedom Forum - 10-7-1999 PFAWF to Mayor Giuliani: HANDS OFF THE FIRST AMENDMENT! People For The American Way - 10-6-1999 President backs Brooklyn Museum in flap over painting Freedom Forum - 10-5-1999 NYC Rallies Against Mayor's Attack on Brooklyn Museum of Art ACLU - 10-1-1999 Furor over public art funding will be continuing 'Sensation' Freedom Forum - 10-1-1999 Majority of public support Brooklyn Museum's First Amendment right to display controversial art Freedom Forum - 10-1-1999 Making a big stink about 'disgusting' art just attracts audience for exhibit Freedom Forum - 10-1-1999 NYC strikes back, files suit to evict Brooklyn Museum Freedom Forum - 10-1-1999 Arts, First Amendment Supporters Rally At Brooklyn Museum People For The American Way - 10-1-1999 Senate joins NYC mayor to denounce controversial painting Freedom Forum - 9-30-1999 Free Expression and Arts Groups Applaud Brooklyn Museum of Art National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-30-1999 Free Expression and Arts Groups Applaud Brooklyn Museum of Art National Coalition Against Censorship - 9-30-1999 Brooklyn Museum sues over mayor's threats to cut funding Freedom Forum - 9-29-1999 First lady disagrees with mayor over controversial painting Freedom Forum - 9-27-1999 Civil Liberties Union Urges Mayor to Withdraw Threats to Brooklyn Museum Over Art Controversy ACLU - 9-24-1999 Controversial exhibit could cost Brooklyn Museum its city funding Freedom Forum - 9-23-1999 Culture Wars Come to New York (Along With Mosquitos) National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1999 GIULIANI'S ATTACKS ON STREET ARTISTS Chinese Artists in Times Square Draw a Crowd, and the Police Robert Lederman - 1-18-2000 Giuliani Orders Artist Arrested For the 41st Time Robert Lederman - 2-17-2000 Giuliani’s New Year’s Gift To Street Artists Robert Lederman - 12-30-1999 New York street artist loses lawsuit against city police Freedom Forum - 11-5-1999 Artist Loses Suit Over Rally Arrests Robert Lederman - 10-31-1999 Artist keeps up six-year First Amendment battle with NYC Freedom Forum - 10-15-1999 4th of July Statement Robert Lederman - 7-4-1999 A partial listing of my arrests and summonses since 1994 Robert Lederman - 5-10-1999 His Artwork Raises A Fuehrer Robert Lederman - 5-7-1999 Giuliani Attacks the "Giuliani-as-Hitler" Signs Robert Lederman - 4-17-1999 Why I Paint Giuliani As Hitler Robert Lederman - 4-15-1999 A note from, "the worst element in society" Robert Lederman - 4-6-1999 Artists' Suit Against Police May Proceed Robert Lederman - 3-26-1999 City Council Releases Text of New Vending Law - 100 streets to close on or about March 13th Robert Lederman - 3-11-1999 Some Recent Lederman Letters to the Editor Robert Lederman - 12-10-1998 Giuliani-artist conflict: Not a pretty picture Freedom Forum - 11-25-1998 Manhattan court drops 24 charges against street artist Freedom Forum - 11-25-1998 Rudy Giuliani: New York's #1 Yankee Employee Robert Lederman - 11-25-1998 Giuliani Quotes Robert Lederman - 11-25-1998 Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Dismisses 24 Cases Against Foe Of Mayor Giuliani Robert Lederman - 11-19-1998 The N.Y.C. Corporation Counsel: 600 Lawyers in Service to Giuliani's Corporate Police State Robert Lederman - 10-15-1998 Legal complaint filed in Federal Court against Mayor Giuliani Robert Lederman - 9-5-1998 NYC Street Artists Win Again, Yet City Continues Arrests National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 NYC park officials resume arrests of artists Freedom Forum - 8-25-1998 Parks Department Ignores Judge's Ruling, Begins Arresting Artists in Front of Metropolitan Museum of Art Again Robert Lederman - 8-24-1998 Judge drops charges against artists who sold work without a permit Freedom Forum - 8-18-1998 Paint Misbehavin': An Art Attack Robert Lederman - 7-24-1998 Ayatollah Giuliani: the Corporate Cleric of the Evolving Police State. A Plea for Impeachment Robert Lederman - 7-20-1998 Public Enemy: Robert Lederman's War Against Mayor Giuliani Robert Lederman - 7-8-1998 New York Post Publishes 2nd Editorial in 31 Days Attacking Street Artist Robert Lederman - 6-17-1998 Protest Portraits of Mayor Giuliani to be Exhibited in Madison Avenue Office Tower Robert Lederman - 6-8-1998 New York City Deputy Mayor Washington Admits New Vending Restrictions Ban Art, Books, Newspapers and Free Expression From City Streets Robert Lederman - 6-1-1998 Media reports on new vending restrictions for 144 streets are inaccurate Robert Lederman - 5-31-1998 Mayor Giuliani leaves Commencement Speech at Cooper Union Art School While Artists Are Being Arrested Outside Robert Lederman - 5-27-1998 Giuliani, the Street Vendor Review Panel and the Restriction of 144 Streets To Vending Robert Lederman - 5-25-1998 Artist Protesters arrested at 5/15/98 Giuliani Photo Show Opening Robert Lederman - 5-15-1998 Artists protest Giuliani photo exhibit Freedom Forum - 5-11-1998 New York artists plan to protest Giuliani exhibit Freedom Forum - 5-5-1998 Artists To Protest Show of Art by Mayor Giuliani Robert Lederman - 5-4-1998 Judge denies injunction for New York artists Freedom Forum - 4-20-1998 Parks Department Police Confiscate Protest Signs, Arrest Artist Robert Lederman - 4-1-1998 NYC artist claims latest arrest due to retaliation Freedom Forum - 3-27-1998 Giuliani puts artist-activist through the system in retaliation for filing $200,000,000 lawsuit Robert Lederman - 3-26-1998 Update on Street Artist's $200 Million Lawsuit and the Met Museum Protest Robert Lederman - 3-23-1998 Artists seek $200 million in lawsuit against New York City Freedom Forum - 3-23-1998 Street Artist Files $200,000,000 lawsuit against Mayor Giuliani, Parks Department and NYPD Robert Lederman - 3-20-1998 After Meeting At Mayor's Office, Artists Are Told Giuliani Wants Them Off The Street Robert Lederman - 3-15-1998 Three artists arrested during 15th Day of Metropolitan Museum of Art protest Robert Lederman - 3-11-1998 Ongoing Street artist demo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Robert Lederman - 3-6-1998 Re: N.Y. Times editorial, "The Fight Over Street Art" Robert Lederman - 3-4-1998 Police arrest protesters in front of New York museum Freedom Forum - 3-2-1998 Artists Arrested During Protest Outside Metropolitan Museum Of Art Robert Lederman - 3-2-1998 Stop Giuliani's War on Street Artists Robert Lederman - 2-17-1998 Letter to the Parks Commissioner - Artist Restrictions Robert Lederman - 2-16-1998 News for N.Y.C. Street Artists and Vendors Robert Lederman - 2-13-1998 Sidewalks are not just for walking Robert Lederman - 1-31-1998 Defying Giuliani's Police State Robert Lederman - 1-20-1998 Lederman arrested during the Mayor's State-of-the-City speech Robert Lederman - 1-14-1998 Street artists, and food, Viet Nam Vet, and general vendors demonstrate at N.Y. City Street Vendor Review Panel Robert Lederman - 1-9-1998 The Street Vendor Review Panel Robert Lederman - 1-5-1998 Open Letter to New York City's B.I.D.s (Business Improvement Districts) Robert Lederman - 11-18-1997 Street Artist Demonstration inside the E.C.B. (Environmental Control Board) Robert Lederman - 10-22-1997 Police ignore Federal ruling; continue illegal crackdown on street artists Robert Lederman - 7-16-1997 Street Artist Federal ruling stands; U.S. Supreme Court rejects Giuliani appeal Robert Lederman - 6-2-1997 Welcome to SoHo: Artist Persecution Capital of the World Robert Lederman - 5-29-1997 Artists dub Guiliani: "Enemy of Art" outside N.Y. City Hall Robert Lederman - 3-7-1997 Giuliani Administration Appeals Street Artist Case to U.S. Supreme Court Robert Lederman - 2-26-1997 Artists' Rights Demonstration Robert Lederman - 10-28-1996 Opponents of Sidewalk Art Displays Not Ready to Concede Defeat Robert Lederman - 10-19-1996 Street Artists Win 1st Amendment Rights in Federal Court Robert Lederman - 10-14-1996 What Does The Street Artist Decision Mean? Robert Lederman - 10-14-1996 Street Artists Win Battle Against City's Arrest Policy Robert Lederman - 10-11-1996 Why New York City Arrests Artists Robert Lederman - 1996 Why Art Is Speech Robert Lederman - 1996 Update on street artist Robert Lederman's trial Robert Lederman - 9-11-1996 Trial Date for Robert Lederman Set For 9/9/96 Robert Lederman - 8-3-1996 Fact or Fiction: Freed & Sweeney's Anti-Art Legal Brief Robert Lederman - 7-24-1996 My 13th Arrest, by Robert Lederman (5/15/96) Robert Lederman - 5-16-1996 New York City Council Member Kathryn Freed orders more artist arrests Robert Lederman - 4-30-1996 Summary of Federal lawsuit by New York City's street artists Robert Lederman - 1-31-1996 Art World Luminaries Join Street Artists In Federal Lawsuit Robert Lederman - 1-24-1996 Art World Luminaries Join Street Artists In Federal Lawsuit Forfeiture Endangers American Rights - 1-22-1996 A Proposal For A New Approach To Artists' Displays On The Streets Of New York City Robert Lederman - 1995 Artist First amendment Case: Under the Surface Robert Lederman - 12-23-1995 "Help, Police! There's an artist in front of my building!" Robert Lederman - 11-21-1995 No First Amendment Protection For Art Says Judge Robert Lederman - 11-19-1995 New York City's Christmas Present to Artists Robert Lederman - 11-18-1995 Federal Judge Rules: Visual Art is Not Protected by the First Amendment Robert Lederman - 10-24-1995 A.R.T.I.S.T. (Artists' Response To Illegal State Tactics) FAQ Robert Lederman - 1995 NEW YORK CITY, NY NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY CASE Judge criticizes NYC's 'heavy stream of First Amendment' cases Freedom Forum - 3-28-2000 Federal appeals court throws last-minute wet blanket on nude photo shoot Freedom Forum - 7-19-1999 PALM SPRINGS, CA EROTIC ART SHOW CASE Federal appeals panel thumps state agency's effort to thwart art show Freedom Forum - 3-9-2000 Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of ACLU of Southern California's Efforts to Stop Art Censorship in Palm Springs ACLU Southern California - 3-7-2000 "Hands Off Art," CA Appeals Court Tells State Liquor Control Agency in Palm Springs Controversy ACLU - 3-7-2000 Censorship Blocked in Palm Springs ACLU - 7-29-1997 ACLU of Southern California Seeks Order To Stop Censorship in Palm Springs ACLU - 7-28-1997 GRANTS PASS, OR MUSEUM OF ART CASE Oregon museum bypasses threat of mayoral vetoes Freedom Forum - 11-5-1998 Oregon Museum, Rejecting Mayor's Demand for Final Word on Art Displays, Abandons Park for Private Exhibition Space National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 10-1-1998 NEBRASKA GAY BAR ART CASE Bar owner asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling on gay art Freedom Forum - 12-10-1999 "Hard-Pressed" Judge Rules Homoerotic Photos Obscene National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 VENICE BEACH, CA MURAL CASE California artist stands behind banned mural Freedom Forum - 3-24-1998 ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Los Angeles For Censoring Mural in Venice Beach ACLU - 3-23-1998 Los Angeles Rejects Mural Images Disavows First Amendment Obligations National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 PASCO, WA CITY HALL GALLERY CASE Artists Settle Suit Against Arts Council National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 ACLU Reaches Settlement With Arts Council In Lawsuit Over Censorship in Washington State ACLU - 2-27-1998 Artists File Lawsuit Over Censorship In Washington State ACLU - 4-4-1997 OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL REMOVAL OF PAINTING PAINTING CASE Arts council pulls painting from state Capitol exhibit after legislator objects Freedom Forum - 4-10-2000 DETROIT, MI "ART UNTIL NOW" EXHIBIT ON CENSORED ART CASE Artist faces obscenity charges for exhibit on censorship and art Freedom Forum - 3-7-2000 All About Art: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly National Coalition Against Censorship - Winter 1999 New Detroit museum chief cancels exhibit Freedom Forum - 11-22-1999 CINCINNATI, OH MAPPLETHORPE EXHIBIT CASE Who decides what art is? Freedom Forum - 4-11-2000 Mapplethorpe on trial Institute For First Amendment Studies - 9-1-1990 HARTFORD, CT "DOMESTICATED PLEASURES" EXHIBIT CASE Connecticut city council agrees to pay up over banned art Freedom Forum - 4-11-2000 Gallery board agrees to move exhibit after city leaders denounce show Freedom Forum - 10-7-1999 ALBANY, NY HISTORIC MURAL COVERING CASE State agency draws curtain on 'offensive' mural Freedom Forum - 4-26-2000 SEATTLE, WA SCULPTURE IN PARK CASE Seattle neighbors: Naked Venus statue may stay in garden - for now Freedom Forum - 10-18-1999 SAN ANTONIO, TX ESPERANZA CENTER CASE Esperanza Sues To Regain Funding by San Antonio National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Arts center sues San Antonio claiming discrimination Freedom Forum - 8-5-1998 San Antonio City Council Cancels Funding for Esperanza Center National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Congressional Attack on the NEA Spills Over National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1997 DETROIT, MI HEIDELBERG PROJECT CASE Help Save The Heidelberg Project! International Revolutionary Truth And Freedom Association - 10-2-1998 ERIE, PA PHILHARMONIC EXHIBITION CASE Depiction of male frontal nudity removed from art exhibition Freedom Forum - 9-21-1999 BOSTON, MA LIBRARY SCULPTURE CASE Boston to bring back banned bacchanalian bronze Freedom Forum - 5-21-1999 YELLOW SPRINGS, OH ARTS COUNCIL PAINTING CASE Artist pulls nude painting from Ohio village hall Freedom Forum - 2-8-1999 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PAINTING REMOVAL CASE Censor's plan fails as university gives nude paintings more exposure Freedom Forum - 12-8-1998 BURLINGTON, VT CITY ARTS GALLERY EXHIBIT CASE Artist Pulls Show After City Gallery Cites Policy Against Strong Sexual Content National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Artist, Vermont gallery grapple with community standards Freedom Forum - 8-6-1998 CHICAGO, IL FEDERAL COURTS BUILDING POLITICAL STATEMENT SCULPTURE CASE Sculpting a warped view of the First Amendment Freedom Forum - 7-2-1998 NEW YORK STATE BIENNIAL FINE ARTS EXHIBITION CASE Artists Pull Work From Exhibit Citing Museum's "Family" Policy National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Artist pulls work, accuses state museum of censorship Freedom Forum - 2-13-1998 MECKLENBERG COUNTY, NC ARTS AND SCIENCES COUNCIL FUNDING CASE 'Deviant' art defunded Institute For First Amendment Studies - 5-1-1997 ST. AUGUSTINE, FL STREET ARTIST BANNING CASE City bans street performers Musicians and artists banned from St. George Street as of March 24 St. Augustine Record - 3-14-2000 Florida city working to regulate street artists despite court ruling Freedom Forum - 2-7-2000 HARTFORD, CT DOWNTOWN COUNCIL EXHIBIT CASE Hartford Art Student Wins Right to Reinstate Censored Work in City-Owned Building National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-1-1998 SAN JOSE, CA CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS VANDALISM CASE Religious Fanatic Destroys Art at Latino Art Center National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1995 ANNVILLE, PA "SEX IS ART" EXHIBIT CASE Pennsylvania Officials Declare Celebration of Human Sexuality "Unacceptable" National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 The Arts Under Attack: Firefighters in Pennsylvania Put Out Art Show National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1997 ANCHORAGE, AK OUT NORTH FUNDING CASE Out North Stripped of Local Funding Opponents Want to Fund “Strictly Mainstream” Art Only National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Diary of a Successful Battle Against Censorship National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 POINT REYES, CA REMOVAL OF PAINTINGS CASE Land Trust Censors Art Critical of Meat, Dairy Industries National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 BOWERS, CA MUSEUM OF CULTURAL ART VIETNAMESE EXHIBIT CONTROVERSY Immigrants Upset Over Vietnamese Art Exhibit National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 7-1-1999 FLORIDA "CONTAINED/CONTROLLED" CENSORED ART EXHIBIT CASE Censorship Exhibit Censored Again National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY MURAL EXHIBIT CASE Lesbian Sea Monkeys Painted Over National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 BATON ROUGE, LA DRAWINGS EXHIBIT CLOSING CASE Baton Rouge Officials Censor Painting - Artists Sue National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 2-1-1996 BALTIMORE, MD BALTIMORE LIFE GALLERY REMOVAL OF PAINTINGS CASE Nudes Removed from Corporate Gallery National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 8-6-1997 MURFREESBORO, TN CITY HALL REMOVAL OF PAINTING CASE City Removes Portrait of a Nude After Administrator Cries Sexual Harassment: Artist Sues National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 3-1-1998 PASADENA, CA BREAST FEEDING EXHIBIT CONFISCATION CASE Police Seize Components of Exhibit Celebrating Breast Feeding National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 HOLLISTER, CA MORITORIUM ON MURALS City Imposes Six-Month Moratorium on Mural Painting National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 UNITED NATION's BASHFUL APPROACH TO ELEPHANT ENDOWMENTS UN Shrubbery Obscures Elephantine Feature National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SCULPTURE DESTRUCTION Department of Transportation Engages in "Backhoe Censorship" National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-5-1998 HOUSTON, TX FOLEY'S ART EXHIBIT REMOVAL CASE In Texas: Positive Art Brings Negative Response National Coalition Against Censorship - Spring 2000 AMHERST, MA LAWSUIT AGAINST ART EXHIBIT Gay Family Exhibit Draws Fire and Support National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1996 MANHASSET, NY LIBRARY ART EXHIBIT CANCELLATION Library Displays Art It Had Banned National Coalition Against Censorship - Winter 1996 JOHNSON CITY, TN AREA ARTS COUNCIL REMOVAL OF PAINTING CASE The Arts Under Attack: The Philly Flasher Succumbs to Censors in Tennessee National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1997 SANTA CRUZ, CA CENSORSHIP OF PAINTINGS CASE Censorship Unveiled National Coalition Against Censorship - Winter 1999 OCEAN CITY, NJ VENDOR BANNING CASE Ocean City Soliciting Ban Ruled Unconstitutional ACLU - 6-27-1995 OTHER STORIES Fighting the Art Bullies The Nation - 11-29-1999 Feminism And Free Speech: Arts Censorship Feminists For Free Expression - 1995 L.A. City Council repeals work-at-home fee Freedom Forum - 8-6-1998 L.A. City Council votes to amend tax on stay-at-home creators Freedom Forum - 5-18-1998 Homophobic Attacks on Artistic Expression National Coalition Against Censorship - 2000 NCFE Handbook To Understanding, Preparing for, and Responding to Challenges to Your Freedom of Artistic Expression National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 1997 Art Matters National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 SEE ALSO SCHOOL ARTS CENSORSHIP BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	MUSIC CENSORSHIP & RESTRICTIONS Rapper sues Detroit over video dispute Freedom Forum - 7-17-2000 41 Shots: Bruce Springsteen and freedom of expression Freedom Forum - 7-12-2000 City loses bid to halt showing of 'pornographic' video at rap concert Freedom Forum - 7-10-2000 ACLU Says Louisiana Sheriff Can't Censor 'The Hokey Pokey' at Skating Rink; Britney Spears CD Seized as ‘Evidence of a Crime' ACLU - 7-7-2000 ACLU Files First Amendment Lawsuit Over Street Performers ACLU - 6-29-2000 Singer-songwriter Janis Ian faces controversy because her songs deal with society's issues Freedom Forum - 6-20-2000 YOUTH VIOLENCE MUSIC SCAPEGOATING INVESTIGATIONS Senate Committee Examines Music Lyrics, Labels; Free Speech Voices Unwelcome National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 US Senate Hearings On Music And Violence, Witness Testimony Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-16-1998 US Senate Hearings On Music And Violence, Press Conference Statements Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-16-1998 Senators Grill Recording Industry National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Music Violence Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 11-6-1997 YOUTH VIOLENCE MUSIC SCAPEGOATING STORIES GOP senator argues link between violent lyrics, actions Freedom Forum - 4-29-1999 Marilyn Manson cancels tour in wake of Colorado shootings Freedom Forum - 4-28-1999 Media Scapegoats Goths And Marilyn Manson Fans For Shooting International Revolutionary Truth And Freedom Association - 4-21-1999 Music lyrics blamed for school shooting Freedom Forum - 6-17-1998 Don't Use Violent Incidents as Excuse for Censorship, Congress is Urged People For The American Way - 6-16-1998 Senate to hear testimony on violent lyrics, parental advisory labels Freedom Forum - 6-12-1998 NATIONAL CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL Measure Banning Sale Of Violent Entertainment To Minors Defeated Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-14-1999 Proposed Law Requires Retailers To Provide Lyrics On Demand Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-10-1999 Senators Seek Uniform Labeling Of Music, Movies, Video Games Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-9-1999 MICHIGAN & SOUTH CAROLINA CONCERT RATINGS BILLS Michigan Senate approves concert bill Freedom Forum - 5-28-1999 Michigan state lawmaker takes concert-rating proposal on the road Freedom Forum - 3-31-1999 Michigan state senator takes concert-rating bill on another tour Freedom Forum - 2-12-1999 Michigan senator dilutes concert bill Freedom Forum - 6-16-1998 Michigan Concert Rating Bill Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 5-22-1998 Ratings For Rock Concerts? National Coalition Against Censorship - 4-1-1998 Coming Soon To a Concert Hall Near You: Ratings? South Carolina, Michigan Consider Legislation to Label Live Musical Performances National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Censors Ask For Concert Ratings Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 12-2-1997 GEORGIA CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL Georgia lawmaker holds off on music legislation Freedom Forum - 2-17-1999 Music-labeling measure dies in North Dakota as another is debated in Georgia Freedom Forum - 2-16-1999 Georgia lawmaker spins music-labeling bill again Freedom Forum - 1-27-1999 Georgia Rejects Ban on Sale of Stickered Albums to Minors National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Georgia "sticker bill" Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 3-26-1998 Georgia House turns down 'labeled' music bill Freedom Forum - 3-9-1998 Georgia House to vote on ‘labeled’ music bill Freedom Forum - 3-6-1998 Georgia lawmakers target sale of ‘labeled’ music to youth Freedom Forum - 2-4-1998 Georgia lawmakers consider bill to restrict sales of music to minors Freedom Forum - 1-14-1998 NORTH DAKOTA CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL Music-labeling measure dies in North Dakota as another is debated in Georgia Freedom Forum - 2-16-1999 N.D. Senate panel considers barring sale of explicit music to minors Freedom Forum - 2-9-1999 WASHINGTON CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL JAMPAC - Where They've Been, Where They're Going JAMPAC - 7-18-1998 Lawmakers revive bill to punish sellers of 'prurient' music Freedom Forum - 2-9-1998 Washington state "harmful to minors" bill Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 2-5-1998 NEW YORK CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL N.Y. lawmaker seeks to restrict sale of violent, sexy music to minors Freedom Forum - 4-6-1999 WISCONSIN CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL Wisconsin Senate considers criminalizing sale of music with warning labels Freedom Forum - 6-4-1999 TENNESSEE CRIMINALIZATION OF LABELED MUSIC BILL Tennessee "sticker bill" Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 1-22-1998 VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS ON LABELED MUSIC STORIES Recording industry preparing to fight more censorship efforts Freedom Forum - 3-10-1998 The New Censorship New Haven Advocate - 1997 Evil Empire: Wal-Mart and censorship. The role of Bill and Hillary Clinton Rock And Rap Confidential - 12-1-1996 Wal-Mart's CD Censorship Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 11-12-1996 Another Attempt To Censor Musicians! Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-27-1996 Censorship's new wave Institute For First Amendment Studies - 1-1-1989 The beginning of the labelling system Rock And Rap Confidential - 2-1-1985 TEXAS CONTROVERSIAL MUSIC DIVESTITURE BILL Texas School Board Dumps Disney Stock National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Recording industry, others ask judge to throw out investment ban Freedom Forum - 4-14-1998 State Employees, RIAA Sue Texas Over Investment Law National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Pension planners attack Texas music investment legislation Freedom Forum - 2-27-1998 Texas "investment bill" Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 2-10-1998 Music industry, Texas employees attack state investment law Freedom Forum - 1-26-1998 Music Industry Divestiture A Progressive Tool Twists the Screws of Free Expression National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Texas And Maryland Obscene Lyric Bills Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-21-1997 CALIFORNIA CONTROVERSIAL MUSIC DIVESTITURE BILL California committee nixes 'death metal' bill Freedom Forum - 4-23-1998 California Assembly considers 'death metal' bill Freedom Forum - 4-22-1998 California "Death Metal" Divestiture Bill Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 2-20-1998 VIRGINIA CONTROVERSIAL MUSIC DIVESTITURE BILL Virginia "investment bill" Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 3-26-1998 LAFAYETTE, LA BANS SARCASTIC TOUR NAMES City 'duped' by 'Family Values' tour bans false, misleading ads Freedom Forum - 6-31-1999 Concert tours are a magical mystery to this city council Freedom Forum - 6-14-1999 'Truth in concert advertising' measure becomes law in Lafayette, La. Freedom Forum - 6-14-1999 Truth in concert advertising' measure becomes law in Lafayette, La. Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-14-1999 RICHMOND, VA "PORNOGRAPHIC" CONCERT BAN ORDINANCE Virginia city council votes to forbid 'pornographic' concerts Freedom Forum - 3-3-1999 C-BO JAILED FOR CONTENT OF RAP ALBUM A Bum Rap? Officials Claim CD Violates Parole National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Paroled rapper jailed for album’s lyrics Freedom Forum - 3-4-1998 California rapper’s latest album could send him back to jail Freedom Forum - 2-24-1998 MIAMI, FL BAN OF LOS VAN VAN SHOW ACLU Challenges Anti-Cuba Loyalty Oath On Behalf of Censored Arts Groups in Miami ACLU - 4-5-2000 Promoter sues Miami over security costs for Cuban band's concert Freedom Forum - 3-24-2000 ACLU Says Increased Security Fees At Grammy Winning Cuban Band Concert are Unfair ACLU - 3-22-2000 Miami officials look for ways to block Cuban band's return Freedom Forum - 10-13-1999 Arena officials lift ban on Cuban band's concert Freedom Forum - 9-17-1999 Cuban band's backers promise to fight Miami cancellation Freedom Forum - 9-14-1999 Cuban Musicians Play At Miami Festival National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Dade County Reverses Ban on Cuban Musicians National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 SCHOOL CANCELLATIONS OF INDIGO GIRLS SHOWS Civil libertarians denounce schools’ concert cancellations Freedom Forum - 5-11-1998 The Government Cancels Another Indigo Girls Concert Libertarian Rock - 5-10-1998 National Organizations Praise Student Protesters; Oppose Cancellation of Indigo Girls Concerts at Three High Schools National Coalition Against Censorship - 5-8-1998 Knoxville, Tenn., school cancels Indigo Girls concert Freedom Forum - 5-8-1998 Two schools nix Indigo Girls concerts Freedom Forum - 5-1-1998 BOSTON, MA BAN OF WFNX NEW MUSIC SHOWS WFNX Free Summer Concerts Cancelled Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 5-23-1996 DIXIE COLLEGE CANCELLATION OF CYPRESS HILL SHOW Cypress Hill show will go on at Utah college Freedom Forum - 3-29-1999 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY CANCELLATION OF "NO MORE PRISONS" SHOW Sodexho Marriott Stops "No More Prisons" Show at American University Drug Reform Coordination Network - 2-18-2000 MYRTLE BEACH, SC CANCELLATION OF VILLAGE PEOPLE SHOW Village People Concert Canceled National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 STREETSBORO, OH BAN OF METAL SHOW Ohio concert to go on despite protests from town residents Freedom Forum - 4-15-1999 ACLU of Ohio Questions Local Mayor's Cancellation of Spring Mosh '99 ACLU - 3-3-1999 AMARILLO, TX BAN OF METAL CHARITY SHOW Controversial all-ages charity concert canceled in Texas Freedom Forum - 6-10-1999 ATLANTA, GA BAN OF STREET MUSICIANS ACLU Says Music Should Be Heard On Georgia Streets ACLU - 9-15-1999 ST. AUGUSTINE, FL BAN OF STREET MUSICIANS City bans street performers Musicians and artists banned from St. George Street as of March 24 St. Augustine Record - 3-14-2000 Florida city working to regulate street artists despite court ruling Freedom Forum - 2-7-2000 NEW YORK CITY, NY RESTRICTION OF STREET MUSICIANS New York City's Street Musician Permit Fee Found Unconstitutional National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 NEW ORLEANS, LA RESTRICTION OF STREET MUSICIANS Street musicians triumph over Louisiana noise law Freedom Forum - 11-11-1999 BIRMINGHAM, AL CONCERT BAN PROPOSAL Alabama civic center officials rebuff call for concert ban Freedom Forum - 7-23-1999 County officials seek to ban shock-rock concerts from Birmingham civic center Freedom Forum - 6-1-1999 DETROIT, MI RAP CONCERT BAN PROPOSAL Officials Back Off Rap Ban National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Pontiac, Mich., police propose ban on rap concerts Freedom Forum - 9-4-1998 SYRACUSE, NY MARILYN MANSON CONCERT BAN PROPOSAL Syracuse New York City Government trying to ban Marilyn Manson from performing International Revolutionary Truth And Freedom Association - 11-1-1998 RENO, NV PROTEST OF MARILYN MANSON SHOW Parents call for cancellation of shock-rocker's concert Freedom Forum - 4-26-1999 CHARLOTTE, NC MARILYN MANSON CONCERT THREAT N.C. coliseum board rejects rating system for events Freedom Forum - 5-21-1999 Charlotte, N.C., backs off threat to cancel Marilyn Manson concert Freedom Forum - 10-22-1998 County threatens to cut theater's funding over Manson concert Freedom Forum - 10-16-1998 OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, FL PHISH CONCERT THREAT Phish Millennium Show In Jeopardy - Again Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-15-1999 WESTPORT, CT 2 LIVE CREW CONCERT THREAT NCFE Files Amicus in Connecticut Lawsuit For 2 Live Crew Show National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 FRESNO, CA PROTEST OF MARILYN MANSON SHOW Principles of liberty Freedom Forum - 5-12-1999 No easy answers Freedom Forum - 5-12-1999 GORGE, WA RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE CONCERT BAN PROPOSAL Refuse & Resist! condemns attempt to ban Rage Against the Machine show Refuse And Resist - 9-11-1997 GREENVILLE, SC PROTEST OF BLACK SABBATH SHOW Heavy metal band's upcoming performance prompts protests Freedom Forum - 7-20-1999 IOWA RESTRICTIONS ON FLYERING FOR MUSIC ACT "Bix Smokes, Speech Lives!" Iowa Civil Liberties Union Declares ACLU - 7-27-1999 Iowa Couple Sues For Right To Distribute Controversial Flyers ACLU - 7-15-1999 C. DELORES TUCKER SUIT AGAINST TUPAC SHAKUR Federal judge throws out rap music critic's defamation suit Freedom Forum - 2-11-1999 Tucker Sues Tupac National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 `Gangsta' Rap Critic Sues Magazines Black News Today - 10-2-1997 JERRY FALWELL'S ATTACK ON THE LILITH FAIR Oh My! Falwell Magazine Warns That Lilith Fair Celebrates 'Demonic Legend' People For The American Way - 6-16-1999 Falwell Magazine Denounces Lilith Fair Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-15-1999 SECRET FBI FILES ON JOHN LENNON Government Informants Change Sides in Lennon Files Case ACLU Southern California - 1-21-2000 FBI Releases Files on John Lennon; Surveillance Was Politically Motivated ACLU - 9-26-1997 Judge Orders FBI to Move on ACLU Demand for Official Files Detailing Why Agency Monitored Former Beatle from 1971-1973 ACLU - 12-14-1995 VARIOUS ATTACKS ON RAP Rappers have right to use Rosa Parks' name in song title Freedom Forum - 11-19-1999 ADL Disappointed That Dr. Tucker Did Not Repudiate Conspiratorial Theories On Jews And "Gangsta Rap" Anti-Defamation League - 9-22-1999 Rapper DMX Arrested in Trinidad Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 7-2-1999 Rappers Banned From Salvadoran Airwaves Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-30-1999 Explicit rap song finally leads to FCC fine Student Press Law Center - Winter 1998 Gangsta Rap and Venice Mural Just Latest Attempts to Silence Youth of Color National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Hip-Hop Banned from Dorm Areas National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Like it or not, "gangsta rap" endures in the free marketplace of ideas Freedom Forum - 10-1-1996 Emerson College Action Alert The Justice on Campus Project - 11-7-1995 Time Warner feels the heat, drops gangsta rap The Detroit News - 9-28-1995 Pentecostal minister La'Chelle Woodert stands up for rap and against Newt Gingrich Rock And Rap Confidential - 4-1-1994 Gangsta Rap Loves You Rock And Rap Confidential - 12-1-1993 The witch-hunt against Ice Cube and his Death Certificate album Rock And Rap Confidential - 1-1-1992 VARIOUS ATTACKS ON ROCK Prosecutors deep-six misdemeanor charge against Motley Crue's bassist Freedom Forum - 9-15-1999 Cop Group Boycotts Rage Against The Machine, Beastie Boys Over Mumia Abu-Jamal Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 8-20-1999 Kmart Bans Ministry's "Dark Side of the Spoon" Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-14-1999 Silverchair, Offspring Lyrics Spark Call To Ax Atlanta RockFest Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 5-28-1999 Steppenwolf's Kay content with pushing messages Freedom Forum - 1-11-1999 Texas group presenting Marilyn Manson 'awareness' training Freedom Forum - 11-24-1998 Manson Cover Art Scares Merchandiser National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Jello Biafra Cleared of Defamation Charge National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 NOW Protests Prodigy Song, Video National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Songwriter speaks, sings her mind Freedom Forum - 3-20-1998 The Religious Right vs. Marilyn Manson Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 7-30-1997 Saturday Night Live Censors Rage Against The Machine Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 5-24-1996 Univ. of South Carolina Censors Radio Station The Justice on Campus Project - 2-8-1996 ORDINANCES TARGETING MUSIC CLUBS Politics as Usual: Seattle's Ongoing Gripe With Live Music JAMPAC - 12-15-1999 Federal judge overturns Washington law on nightclub, bar licenses Freedom Forum - 7-1-1999 Boston rock club keeps license -- for now Freedom Forum - 7-21-1998 Boston rock club cries foul after losing license Freedom Forum - 7-17-1998 OTHER STORIES Students suspended for seeing Backstreet Boys show AP - 3-8-2000 Oklahoma town: Carolers must keep quiet on public streets Freedom Forum - 12-23-1999 First Amendment rocks Memphis Freedom Forum - 10-15-1999 Federal appeals court OKs prison ban on sexual, violent music Freedom Forum - 4-21-1999 Musicians, activists, scholars vow to fight music censorship worldwide Freedom Forum - 12-1-1998 Chinese Government Bans Opera From Traveling to U.S. National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Spitfire 1998 JAMPAC - 1998 Students sound discord over music censorship Freedom Forum - 4-23-1998 Krist Novoselic's Keynote Address At SXSW '96 JAMPAC - 1996 Big Brother and the Holding Company: Why the high-profile "anti-drug" programs of the music industry are a dangerous fraud Rock And Rap Confidential - 6-1-1996 WBCN Attacked For Playing Hempilation Album Songs Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 3-10-1996 Cops and Chronic: The war on drugs becomes a war on music Rock And Rap Confidential - 1-1-1996 Time Warner as target Alt.Culture - 1995 Angry Eyes Rock And Rap Confidential - 9-1-1994 Texas man imprisoned for carrying a boombox on a plane Rock And Rap Confidential - 4-1-1993 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	CENSORSHIP OF ADULT BUSINESSES Federal appeals panel reinstates part of swimsuit-club owner's lawsuit Freedom Forum - 7-21-2000 Florida county's public nudity law survives First Amendment challenge Freedom Forum - 7-18-2000 Federal appeals panel reinstates challenge to Long Beach, Calif., zoning law Freedom Forum - 6-29-2000 Federal appeals panel strikes down California city's adult-zoning law Freedom Forum - 6-22-2000 Supreme Court agrees to hear City News and Novelty case Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 Federal judge: Township didn't violate cabaret owners' free-expression rights Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 Wisconsin appeals court sides with town in dispute over nude dancing Freedom Forum - 5-24-2000 Strip clubs ask Tennessee high court to overturn nude-dancing rules Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 GIULIANI'S ATTACK ON NEW YORK CITY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES State high court again sides with adult business in dispute with NYC Freedom Forum - 5-5-2000 State high court: New York City can't step beyond law in pursuing sex shops Freedom Forum - 12-21-1999 NYC crackdown on sex shops stands as Supreme Court refuses to take appeal Freedom Forum - 1-11-1999 NYC law against topless dancing stands Freedom Forum - 10-5-1998 Two NYC sex clubs get legal break Freedom Forum - 8-13-1998 Judge halts sex club's attempt to avoid shutdown Freedom Forum - 8-12-1998 Supreme Court refuses to put brakes on NYC sex shop crackdown Freedom Forum - 7-29-1998 New York City poised to oust strip clubs, porn shops after court rulings Freedom Forum - 7-23-1998 NYC's sex industry hopes courts will delay zoning changes Freedom Forum - 7-21-1998 Full federal appeals court refuses to hear challenge of NYC sex law Freedom Forum - 7-15-1998 Supreme Court refuses to block rule contested by NYC topless club Freedom Forum - 6-16-1998 Justice rejects strip club owner’s request to halt NYC zoning law Freedom Forum - 6-5-1998 NYC gets green light on efforts to rezone red-light districts Freedom Forum - 6-4-1998 Appeals court hears dispute over New York sex-shop zoning law Freedom Forum - 4-30-1998 Newsstand operators challenge city limits on adult magazines Freedom Forum - 4-24-1998 Strippers, protesters rally against sex-shop crackdown Freedom Forum - 4-22-1998 Cabaret owner to continue challenge of sex-shop zoning law Freedom Forum - 4-10-1998 New York sex shop law passes first constitutional challenge Freedom Forum - 3-24-1998 Federal appeals court freezes New York sex shop zoning law Freedom Forum - 3-18-1998 New York sex shops take adult zoning law fight to federal appeals court Freedom Forum - 3-11-1998 Federal judge freezes New York City law on sex businesses Freedom Forum - 3-2-1998 New York’s highest court upholds sex shop zoning law Freedom Forum - 2-26-1998 NYC's Adult Zoning Law On Appeal National Coalition Against Censorship - Winter 1997 New York Rezone National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 CITY OF ERIE V. PAP'S A.M. CASE Nude-dancing case threatens free speech Freedom Forum - 4-26-2000 Banished to 'outer ambit' of freedom Freedom Forum - 4-25-2000 Court's nudity ruling dances down a dangerous path Robyn Blumner - 4-9-2000 Kandyland decision a new First Amendment landmark Freedom Forum - 4-3-2000 High court upholds limits on nude dancing Freedom Forum - 3-29-2000 Supreme Court reluctantly takes up issue of nude dancing Freedom Forum - 11-10-1999 Pennsylvania case may be Supreme Court's chance to clarify nude-dancing limits Freedom Forum - 5-19-1999 High court to examine Pennsylvania town's ban on nude dancing Freedom Forum - 5-18-1999 ALABAMA ADULT ENTERTAINMENT LAW Federal judge throws out Alabama's ban on sex toys Freedom Forum - 3-30-1999 Alabama obscenity law comes under fire Freedom Forum - 8-6-1998 ACLU Challenges Alabama Ban On Use of Sex Devices and "Marital Aids" ACLU - 7-29-1998 Nude showgirls don't endanger public safety Freedom Forum - 5-1-1998 Alabama enacts 'toughest anti-obscenity act in the nation' Freedom Forum - 5-1-1998 TENNESSEE'S ADULT-ORIENTED ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION ACT Tennessee appeals court upholds adult entertainment regulations Freedom Forum - 3-21-2000 Tennessee House passes bill regulating sexually oriented businesses Freedom Forum - 5-5-1998 Tennessee bookstore fights limits on adult businesses Freedom Forum - 3-12-1998 PEACH COUNTY, GA V. CAFE EROTICA CASES Georgia high court upholds county's booze ban at strip clubs Freedom Forum - 1-19-2000 Georgia high court finds ban on nude club billboards violates free speech Freedom Forum - 11-3-1998 Georgia high court: Young adults may view nude dancing Freedom Forum - 5-28-1998 ADULT NIGHT CLUB ANTI-NUDITY LAWS IOWA Iowa public nudity law survives First Amendment challenge Freedom Forum - 8-20-1998 Federal Court Prohibits Enforcement Of Iowa’s Nude Dancing Law ACLU - 5-30-1997 Iowa Files Suit In Federal Court Challenging State's Nude Dancing Ban ACLU - 5-19-1997 OHIO Judge strikes down liquor department rule banning nude dancing in clubs Freedom Forum - 6-25-1998 Ohio’s high court to determine fate of nude dancing in liquor clubs Freedom Forum - 6-12-1998 OREGON Oregon voters may decide issues of public nudity, sex-shop zoning Freedom Forum - 5-19-1999 PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania law barring 'lewd' conduct survives First Amendment challenge Freedom Forum - 7-16-1998 TENNESSEE Federal judge strikes down Nashville, Tenn., law regulating strip clubs Freedom Forum - 12-30-1999 Nude dance clubs to appeal ruling that upholds Tennessee public indecency law Freedom Forum - 1-22-1999 Federal appeals court upholds Tennessee public indecency law Freedom Forum - 1-19-1999 Tennessee Senate panel bans totally nude dancing Freedom Forum - 3-19-1998 BROOKINGS, SD Nude dancing club to challenge ordinance passed by referendum Freedom Forum - 11-10-1998 South Dakota city to repeal, replace anti-nudity ordinance Freedom Forum - 7-24-1998 Topless dance club wins temporary relief from city’s anti-nudity law Freedom Forum - 6-12-1998 CASSELBERRY, FL Florida court sanctions nude performance of 'Macbeth' Freedom Forum - 1-3-2000 Dancers throw in the towel, plead no contest over nude 'Macbeth' Freedom Forum - 12-23-1999 Nightclub brews up controversy with nude 'Macbeth' Freedom Forum - 6-21-1999 Exotic dancer, club challenge law against nudity at places serving alcohol Freedom Forum - 4-29-1999 Two women challenge Florida county's public decency law Freedom Forum - 3-9-1999 COLUMBUS, GA Businesses challenge law against sipping where there's stripping Freedom Forum - 1-7-2000 CUMBERLAND, WI Federal judge throws out Wisconsin town's ban on nude dancing Freedom Forum - 11-6-1998 ERIE, PA Pennsylvania's high court strikes down city's anti-nudity ordinance Freedom Forum - 10-22-1998 HUDSON, WI Wisconsin appeals panel upholds city's denial of liquor license to strip club Freedom Forum - 4-12-2000 JACKSON, MS Federal appeals court reinstates challenge to anti-nudity ordinance Freedom Forum - 8-24-1998 JOHNSTON, RI R.I. high court says towns can prohibit mixing of alcohol, nudity Freedom Forum - 2-24-2000 ORANGE COUNTY, FL Exotic dancer challenges Florida county's public nudity law Freedom Forum - 7-29-1998 PENSACOLA, FL Florida city council approves public nudity law on first reading Freedom Forum - 11-3-1998 TRENTON, WI Wisconsin high court strikes down town’s anti-nudity law Freedom Forum - 6-19-1998 ADULT BUSINESS ZONING LAW CASES GEORGIA Georgia legislators consider zoning restrictions for nude-dancing clubs Freedom Forum - 1-31-2000 OREGON Oregon voters may decide issues of public nudity, sex-shop zoning Freedom Forum - 5-19-1999 Activists seek amendment to limit locations of Oregon sex shops Freedom Forum - 3-15-1999 Oregon city council drops proposed moratorium on adult stores Freedom Forum - 10-9-1998 ANAHEIM, CA City asks California appeals court to reconsider ruling in adult business case Freedom Forum - 7-16-1999 AURORA, CO All adult businesses not the same, says attorney Freedom Forum - 3-26-1998 COLUMBIA, SC Video store wins zoning battle with Columbia, S.C., city officials Freedom Forum - 5-2-2000 CHARLOTTE, NC North Carolina video store loses latest round in challenge to zoning law Freedom Forum - 8-27-1998 CINCINNATI, OH Ohio judge gives exotic-dancing service the go-ahead to sue city Freedom Forum - 3-13-1998 HORRY COUNTY, SC Adult business loses fight against zoning law before S.C. high court Freedom Forum - 5-25-1999 JACKSONVILLE, FL U.S. Supreme Court asked to review adult entertainment decision Freedom Forum - 9-24-1999 LITTLETON, CO Novelty-store chain sues city of Littleton, Colo. Freedom Forum - 8-30-1999 ORANGE COUNTY, FL Federal judge dismisses challenge to Florida county's adult entertainment law Freedom Forum - 5-10-1999 Federal judge douses swimsuit-club owner's request for relief Freedom Forum - 8-5-1998 Swimsuit club claims county selectively enforced adult entertainment law Freedom Forum - 6-18-1998 PROVO, UT Judge rules against nude dance club and upholds ‘bikini’ standard Freedom Forum - 5-29-1998 READING, MA Massachusetts court rejects law restricting location of adult businesses Freedom Forum - 5-21-1998 NORTH PALM BEACH, FL Florida appeals court upholds city's zoning rules for adult businesses Freedom Forum - 3-27-2000 SIMI VALLEY, CA Federal Judge Nullifies City Ordinance Restricting Strip-Club Locations Freedom Forum - 3-13-1998 ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO Missouri appeals court backs county's restrictions on adult businesses Freedom Forum - 3-29-2000 TAMPA V. VOYEUR DORM Voyeur Dorm files federal challenge to Florida city's zoning law Freedom Forum - 9-28-1999 VALLEY VIEW, OH Topless dance club closed again Freedom Forum - 6-22-1998 ADULT BUSINESS LICENSING & PERMITS CASES DALLAS, TX Dallas dance hall prevails as licensing law struck down Freedom Forum - 7-28-1998 DETROIT, MI Detroit suburbs cracking down on adult businesses Freedom Forum - 6-30-1999 HOUSTON, TX Texas appeals court finds adult business-licensing law constitutional Freedom Forum - 1-12-1999 LAS VEGAS, NV Las Vegas' adult-bookstore licensing law strikes out — again Freedom Forum - 1-18-2000 Las Vegas licensing ordinance violates First Amendment, appeals court rules Freedom Forum - 9-16-1998 LEXINGTON, KY Kentucky appeals panel halts enforcement of city's nude-dancing law Freedom Forum - 4-1-1999 PADUCAH, KY Federal appeals panel strikes down city's adult-business licensing rules Freedom Forum - 2-4-2000 PROVIDENCE, RI City lifts ban on adult entertainment licenses Freedom Forum - 10-13-1998 RALEIGH, NC City's permit rules for adult businesses ruled constitutional Freedom Forum - 1-26-1999 SALT LAKE CITY, UT Utah appeals court rejects First Amendment challenge to dance-license law Freedom Forum - 11-8-1999 SAN DIEGO, CA Federal appeals court overturns part of San Diego adult business licensing law Freedom Forum - 7-20-1999 ADULT BUSINESS HOURS OF OPERATION LAWS HALLIE, WI High court turns away challenge to restrictions on adult novelty store hours Freedom Forum - 4-19-2000 Adult bookstore loses First Amendment fight to remain open 24 hours a day Freedom Forum - 8-2-1999 Federal judge: Wisconsin town can limit operating hours of adult businesses Freedom Forum - 10-23-1998 PHOENIX, AZ Federal judge: Arizona can limit hours of operation for adult businesses Freedom Forum - 10-13-1999 Judge grants temporary restraining order to Phoenix adult businesses Freedom Forum - 9-4-1998 Phoenix adult businesses sue over new hours of operation Freedom Forum - 9-2-1998 ADULT BUSINESS SIGN RESTRICTIONS CASES NEW JERSEY Supreme Court won't hear challenge to N.J. limits on adult business signs Freedom Forum - 6-29-1999 New Jersey's high court upholds state rules on sex shop signs Freedom Forum - 7-22-1998 Show Girl Palace may again display its showgirls Freedom Forum - 2-5-1998 HONOLULU, HI Adult video store wins temporary reprieve in fight to keep signs Freedom Forum - 10-2-1998 Honolulu adult video store fights to keep signs Freedom Forum - 9-30-1998 OTHER ADULT BUSINESS STORIES High court refuses to hear 5 cases challenging nude-dancing regulations Freedom Forum - 4-4-2000 Injunction against future lewd acts is prior restraint, says Tennessee court Freedom Forum - 10-14-1999 Washington appeals court: Police need warrant to arrest exotic dancers Freedom Forum - 10-5-1999 Nightclub owner ask Supreme Court to review nude-dancing case Freedom Forum - 9-14-1999 Zoning out the First Amendment Freedom Forum - 7-19-1999 Clubs claim law regulating 'live sex acts' infringes on First Amendment rights Freedom Forum - 1-13-1999 Federal appeals court upholds 10-foot buffer zone in nude-dancing case Freedom Forum - 12-14-1998 Appeals court affirms dismissal of adult-business patron's civil rights suit Freedom Forum - 12-3-1998 Court finds Spokane can require open booths in adult businesses Freedom Forum - 8-26-1998 Exotic dancer challenges 'personal advertising' conviction Freedom Forum - 8-25-1998 Adult-business patron alleges civil rights violated by police Freedom Forum - 8-19-1998 Town officials agree to give adult video store a Sunday sales license Freedom Forum - 5-20-1998 Adult video store sues Rhode Island town over Sunday sales Freedom Forum - 4-8-1998 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
CENSORSHIP OF ADULT MAGAZINES & VIDEOS Video stores face obscenity charges Freedom Forum - 7-21-2000 Adult video store owners ready case for shop's re-opening Freedom Forum - 5-30-2000 PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY STORIES Porn Free Index On Censorship - 5-16-2000 NCAC's Working Group on Women, Censorship & "Pornography" National Coalition Against Censorship - 2000 Feminist Moralism, Pornography, And Censorship NorthWest Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce - 2000 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: No Simple Solution - What can we do about the violence in our society? NorthWest Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce - 2000 Sex And Censorship: Dangers To Minors And Others? National Coalition Against Censorship - 3-1-1999 ACLU Questions Prosecutor Over Threats on Adult Videos in Ohio ACLU - 1-13-1999 Attorney follows his First Amendment passion in defending obscenity cases Freedom Forum - 1-6-1999 Sex, Minors, and the Circularity of Legal History National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Free Speech Struggles Under Obscenity Laws First Amendment Cyber-Tribune - 10-1-1996 Speaking out against The New Prissiness The Justice On Campus Project - 3-5-1995 Feminism And Free Speech: Pornography Feminists For Free Expression - 1993 Catherine A. MacKinnon: The Rise of a Feminist Censor, 1983-1993 Media Coalition - 1993 Ohio mayor crusades for decency Institute For First Amendment Studies - 1-1-1990 PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY LEGISLATION Polish president won't sign anti-porn bill Freedom Forum - 3-29-2000 Wisconsin high court could strike down obscenity law Freedom Forum - 10-28-1998 Pennsylvania considers letting local juries define obscenity Freedom Forum - 2-19-1998 ADULT VIDEO & BOOK STORE OBSCENITY CASES LARRY FLYNT Flynt to fight eviction from downtown Cincinnati building Freedom Forum - 7-26-1999 Flynts make deal with prosecutors Freedom Forum - 5-13-1999 It's "The People vs. Larry Flynt II" Freedom Forum - 5-3-1999 Judge rejects Flynt defense teaFlyntm's challenge to Ohio obscenity law Freedom Forum - 12-3-1998 Flynt apologizes to Falwell for infamous parody Freedom Forum - 11-18-1998 City lawyers review whether postcards sent to judges, officials are obscene Freedom Forum - 11-4-1998 Flynts request dismissal of obscenity case Freedom Forum - 9-21-1998 Larry Flynt primed to battle obscenity charges in Cincinnati Freedom Forum - 5-22-1998 Flynt arraignment delayed until May 1 Freedom Forum - 4-17-1998 Flynt's attorney plans to seek dismissal of charges Freedom Forum - 4-10-1998 Larry Flynt, brother indicted in Cincinnati over sale of videos Freedom Forum - 4-8-1998 Why The Attacks On The People v. Larry Flynt? First Amendment Cyber-Tribune - 2-1-1997 MANASSAS, VA Obscenity Charges Dropped In Virginia Video Case ACLU - 12-23-1997 Decency Squads Empowered by County Prosecutors National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 PROVO, UT Utah district judge rejects motions to dismiss Movie Buffs trial Freedom Forum - 2-15-1999 Defense attorney in Movie Buffs trial contends client is being singled out Freedom Forum - 2-4-1999 Attorney in pornography trial argues that store's videos aren't obscene Freedom Forum - 12-17-1998 CHATTANOOGA, TN Tennessee appeals court reverses businessman's obscenity convictions Freedom Forum - 8-16-1999 WISCONSIN Jury's obscenity finding must be thrown out, says Wisconsin appeals court Freedom Forum - 7-27-1999 FAYETTE COUNTY, OH Ohio appeals court affirms obscenity conviction of adult bookstore Freedom Forum - 1-4-1999 CLEVELAND, OH Ohio appeals court dismisses adult club's First Amendment lawsuit Freedom Forum - 9-23-1998 KENOSHA COUNTY, WI Wisconsin high court to review challenge of obscenity law Freedom Forum - 5-4-1998 Fate of obscenity prosecutions in hands of Wisconsin high court Freedom Forum - 4-9-1998 THE EXPANSION OF THE DEFINITION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Free Speech Coalition v. Reno update: CPPA ruled unconsitutional Freedom To Read Foundation - 3-1-2000 Federal appeals panel strikes down key provisions of computer child-porn law Freedom Forum - 02-20-1999 Wyoming Legislature passes bill on computer-generated child porn Freedom Forum - 3-4-1999 Computer child-porn law wins approval of federal appeals court Freedom Forum - 2-1-1999 Federal courts split over constitutionality of computer child porn law Freedom Forum - 9-11-1998 Judge strikes down unconstitutional Internet child-porn provision Freedom Forum - 4-2-1998 Child-porn law faces first federal challenge Freedom Forum - 3-11-1998 Free Speech Coalition v. Reno - Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Pornography Law Goes Too Far National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-17-1997 Free Speech Advocates Appeal Decision Upholding So-Called 'Porn Prevention Law' ACLU - 10-3-1997 "Child Pornography Act" Threatens Artistic Freedom, Fails to Protect Children National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-30-1996 Senate Hearings Fuel Sex Panic National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1996 The Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 Passes Freedom To Read Foundation - 1996 MILITARY HONOR AND DECENCY ACT Military Honor and Decency Act challenged in federal court — again Freedom Forum - 11-25-1998 Military "Indecency" Ban Signed Into Law National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-23-1998 Penthouse publisher sounds off on free speech and the Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 7-2-1998 U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of Penthouse publisher Freedom Forum - 6-26-1998 Penthouse publisher fights for on-base sales of sex magazines, tapes Freedom Forum - 4-3-1998 Publisher vows to fight Military Honor and Decency Act Freedom Forum - 12-02-1997 Military-base ban of magazines, videos ruled constitutional Freedom Forum - 11-25-1997 Military Has First Amendment Rights, Too First Amendment Cyber-Tribune - 3-1-1997 ACLU Condemns Restriction On Soldiers' Rights; Says Litigation Likely Against Censorship ACLU - 9-10-1996 ACLU Condemns Legislation That Strips Soldiers' Rights ACLU - 5-19-1996 CENSORSHIP OF ADULT PUBLICATIONS IN PRISONS High court refuses to consider inmate's appeal of jail ban of nude pictures Freedom Forum - 3-20-2000 Utah Legislature limits inmate access to sexually explicit material Freedom Forum - 3-7-2000 Arizona prison can bar highly explicit adult magazines, federal court rules Freedom Forum - 11-30-1999 Divided appeals court upholds jail ban on nude pictures Freedom Forum - 8-18-1999 High court refuses to hear case on prisoner access to porn Freedom Forum - 6-28-1999 Utah inmates file federal lawsuit over mail policies Freedom Forum - 6-25-1999 No porn for prisoners under Maryland proposal Freedom Forum - 2-17-1999 Utah county settles suit over nude materials in jail Freedom Forum - 11-6-1998 Appeals court: No porn for federal prisoners Freedom Forum - 9-18-1998 Courts Acknowledge Right to Sexual Materials in Prison But Not On Base National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Federal court throws out ban on sexy reading for inmates Freedom Forum - 7-23-1998 Federal appeals court: Jail ban on nude photos is unconstitutional Freedom Forum - 7-6-1998 New Jersey barred from enforcing prisoner ban on sexy reading Freedom Forum - 6-30-1998 USA V. PLAYBOY TV CASE Court Strikes Down Adult Cable TV Law Washington Post - 5-22-2000 High court examines restrictions on adult cable channels Freedom Forum - 12-1-1999 Channel-surfing Supreme Court takes on 'signal-bleed' dispute Freedom Forum - 6-22-1999 Supreme Court takes Playboy TV case Freedom Forum - 6-21-1999 Winning side in Playboy case: Court never even used strongest argument Freedom Forum - 12-31-1998 U.S. appeals court rules 1996 CDA cable TV 'blocking' provision unconstitutional Freedom Forum - 12-30-1998 United States Of America et al., Appellants v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-30-1998 Playboy cable network challenging Decency Act provision Freedom Forum - 3-5-1998 CENSORSHIP OF ADULT CABLE ACCESS TV SHOWS Cable company pulls raunchy public-access television shows -- again Freedom Forum - 8-17-1998 Cable company seeks permission to ban public-access shows Freedom Forum - 5-20-1998 Cable company pulls programs, asks city to determine if they are obscene Freedom Forum - 5-8-1998 TULSA, OK OBSCENITY CHARGE FOR PENTHOUSE MAGAZINE SALE CASE Oklahoma prosecutors drop obscenity case against sales clerk Freedom Forum - 3-2-2000 Utah retailers pull Penthouse in wake of Oklahoma arrests Freedom Forum - 12-8-1998 UTAH'S PORNOGRAPHY CZAR Utah Law Will Create First `Pornography-Czar' in Nation School Blows - 4-18-2000 Utah adding pornography czar Fox News - 3-17-2000 Utah adding 'pornography czar' CNN News - 3-17-2000 "UNDERCOVER COP SEX" VIDEO LAWSUIT Judge refuses to stop sale of 'Undercover Cop Sex' video Freedom Forum - 10-30-1998 Civil liberties group says First Amendment protects sale of sex video Freedom Forum - 9-21-1998 WISCONSIN PORNOGRAPHY TAX LAW CASE Wisconsin porn-tax author throws in the towel Freedom Forum - 4-30-1998 Dispute delays launch of Wisconsin porn tax Freedom Forum - 4-2-1998 DR. LAURA V. INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT GROUP CASE Nude photos of Dr. Laura to stay on Web Freedom Forum - 11-3-1998 Radio personality sues company to prevent posting of nude photos on Internet Freedom Forum - 11-2-1998 OTHER STORIES Campus police pull videotape during erotica celebration Student Press Law Center - 9-21-1997 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	TELEVISION CENSORSHIP & ATTACKS ON SHOWS July 22nd PTC WATCH Update... Wrestling Fans Against Censorship - 7-22-2000 Straight Shooting - Issue #75 Wrestling Fans Against Censorship - 7-21-2000 July 20th update on status of PTC Marketplace Wrestling Fans Against Censorship - 7-20-2000 More information on L. Brent Bozell's connections... Wrestling Fans Against Censorship - 7-20-2000 As I See It Wrestling Fans Against Censorship - 7-12-2000 House moves to protect religious broadcasters Freedom Forum - 6-21-2000 PTC Convinces MCI Worldcom to Pull Ads From Smackdown IGN Wrestling - 6-15-2000 Cable-access show back on air while federal judge decides case Freedom Forum - 6-8-2000 Alliance for Community Media Cheers Victory for First Amendment in Palestine, Texas Alliance For Community Media - 6-7-2000 Straight Shooting: Why is Pro Wrestling Being Singled Out? IGN Wrestling - 6-5-2000 Supreme Court brings 'clarity' to laws governing cable TV Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 Playboy signal-bleed case never should have been a case Freedom Forum - 5-23-2000 United States et al. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. Legal Information Institute - 5-22-2000 Supreme Court sides with Playboy Television on cable-sex rules Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 Host of raunchy cable-access show returns to Seattle airwaves Freedom Forum - 5-22-2000 United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc First Amendment Center - 5-22-2000 Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Applauds Court Ruling Playboy - 5-22-2000 YOUTH VIOLENCE TELEVISION SCAPEGOATING INVESTIGATIONS Senate report: Media violence affects kids Freedom Forum - 8-6-1999 Senate committee considers television, Internet restrictions Freedom Forum - 5-20-1999 Culture Wars Continue as Senate Panel Considers Measure to Censor Television ACLU - 5-18-1999 Free Expression Network Meets with Lawmakers About TV Violence, Arts and Humanities, Information Superhighway National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 8-1-1994 YOUTH VIOLENCE TELEVISION SCAPEGOATING LEGISLATION California assemblyman takes aim at entertainment industry Freedom Forum - 4-19-2000 TELEVISION RATINGS & V-CHIP SYSTEM STORIES FCC reports high compliance in placing v-chip coding into television programming Freedom Forum - 1-19-2000 FCC says most networks use content or age ratings Freedom Forum - 7-22-1999 Parents group: Ratings haven't stemmed violence on TV Freedom Forum - 5-27-1999 FCC chief establishes v-chip task force Freedom Forum - 5-13-1999 New "Gay" Rating Proposed People For The American Way - 2-17-1999 Vaunted v-chip is a flop in first few months of availability Freedom Forum - 2-8-1999 Broadcasters: Block that blocking technology Freedom Forum - 8-26-1998 TV makers' new v-chip blocking options anger broadcasters Freedom Forum - 7-22-1998 Ho-hum reaction to gadget that blocks objectionable TV shows Freedom Forum - 5-27-1998 The Politics of Ratings, Labels and Filters: A Little Bedlam National Coalition Against Censorship - Spring 1998 ACLU claims ratings, v-chip stifles TV Freedom Forum - 3-17-1998 The v-chip: point-and-click parenting Freedom Forum - 3-16-1998 FCC adopts TV rating system, requires v-chip by 2000 Freedom Forum - 3-13-1998 FCC Gives Final Approval To V-Chip Technology ACLU - 3-12-1998 Censorship's Tools Du Jour: V-Chips, TV Ratings, PICS, and Internet Filters National Coalition Against Censorship - 3-12-1998 V-chip could zap Japanese cartoons Freedom Forum - 12-19-1997 NCAC to Sponsor Panel on Ratings and Filters National Coalition Against Censorship - Winter 1997 "Voluntary" TV Ratings Belied By Congressional Pressure on NBC, BET National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 ACLU Warns of Government Push For Mandatory Television Ratings ACLU - 10-1-1997 Government Rating or Government Control? National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1997 Content-Lite National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 Revised TV Ratings System is Product Of Government-Coerced Censorship, ACLU Charges ACLU - 7-10-1997 First Amendment Groups File Comments Against FCC TV Ratings ACLU - 5-8-1997 TV Ratings Scheme is Government-Coerced Censorship; "Don't Let Big Brother Take Over The Remote Control,"ACLU Says ACLU - 12-19-1996 ACLU Expresses Concerns on TV Rating Scheme; Says "Voluntary" System is Government-Backed Censorship ACLU - 2-29-1996 Who Needs the V-Chip? Television, Internet Blocking Technologies Available National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 USA V. PLAYBOY TV CASE Court Strikes Down Adult Cable TV Law Washington Post - 5-22-2000 High court examines restrictions on adult cable channels Freedom Forum - 12-1-1999 Channel-surfing Supreme Court takes on 'signal-bleed' dispute Freedom Forum - 6-22-1999 Supreme Court takes Playboy TV case Freedom Forum - 6-21-1999 Winning side in Playboy case: Court never even used strongest argument Freedom Forum - 12-31-1998 U.S. appeals court rules 1996 CDA cable TV 'blocking' provision unconstitutional Freedom Forum - 12-30-1998 United States Of America et al., Appellants v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-30-1998 Playboy cable network challenging Decency Act provision Freedom Forum - 3-5-1998 PUBLIC ACCESS TELEVISION RESTRICTIONS Settlement Provides Due Process For Cable Access Producers ACLU - 4-6-2000 Alliance Goes to Bat for the The First Amendment in Palestine, Texas Alliance For Community Media - 3-27-2000 Riedel Challenges Armstrong to Debate in Petaluma Alliance For Community Media - 3-15-2000 Breaking down his door shattered his First Amendment rights Freedom Forum - 1-20-2000 Cable-access host claims he was arrested for criticizing public officials Freedom Forum - 1-20-2000 Cable company pulls raunchy public-access television shows -- again Freedom Forum - 8-17-1998 Cable company seeks permission to ban public-access shows Freedom Forum - 5-20-1998 Cable company pulls programs, asks city to determine if they are obscene Freedom Forum - 5-8-1998 A Mixed Review For Programming on Public Access Cable Freedom To Read Foundation - 1996 ATTACKS ON PUBLIC BROADCASTING Idaho governor signs controversial funding bill for public TV Freedom Forum - 4-18-2000 Idaho House accepts plan funding public TV despite censorship concerns Freedom Forum - 3-28-2000 Idaho legislators threaten to cut public TV's purse strings Freedom Forum - 8-19-1999 Idaho Board of Education encourages critics of homosexuality documentary to air views Freedom Forum - 6-21-1999 In Defense of PBS National Coalition Against Censorship - 12-1-1995 Public Broadcasting Funding Passes House National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 Public Broadcasting Funding Passes House National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 Title: CPB For Sale? Republican Leaders Vow to Defund Public Broadcasting National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1995 CPB Quotes National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1995 Public Broadcasting Service Bows To Wildmon's AFA National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 8-1-1994 RED LION BROADCASTING V. FCC Has Red Lion lost its roar? Freedom Forum - 5-28-1998 FCC's Powell: Time to give broadcasters full First Amendment rights Freedom Forum - 4-27-1998 OTHER FCC REGULATIONS FCC begins inquiry on sweeping new content regulations for TV, perhaps Net video Freedom Forum - 3-23-2000 FCC vacates order that many said infringed on religious broadcasters Freedom Forum - 1-31-2000 FCC should let broadcasters be Freedom Forum - 1-23-2000 Ohio congressman to seek reversal of FCC ruling on religious broadcasts Freedom Forum - 1-19-2000 FCC infringes on the First Amendment Robyn Blumner - 1-16-2000 Congressmen say FCC rules target religious broadcasters Freedom Forum - 1-10-2000 FCC renews licenses for 4 Denver TV stations Freedom Forum - 5-1-1998 Group asks FCC to force Denver TV stations to curb sex, violence Freedom Forum - 2-17-1998 Cable “Decency” Argument Heard in the United States Supreme Court Freedom To Read Foundation - 1996 ACLU Background Briefing: Supreme Court to Review ACLU Challenge to Censorship Provisions of the 1992 Cable Act ACLU - 2-15-1996 FCC muzzles free speech Institute For First Amendment Studies - 1-1-1989 TELEVISION SHOW ATTACKS Pro Wrestling's increasingly adult content is blamed for a child's death - Who's really responsible? IGN Wrestling - 3-31-2000 Jerry Falwell Attacks 'Teletubbies': TV Preacher's Newspaper Warns Parents That Character On Children's Show May Be Gay Americans United - 2-10-1999 Televangelist Blasts Teletubby: Is Barney Next? People For The American Way - 2-10-1999 Idaho authorities bust 'reality' actor for disturbing the peace Freedom Forum - 1-7-1999 Los Angeles City Council Condemns Television Show, Calls for Commission to Review Appropriateness for Broadcast National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 10-1-1998 Senators attack closed-captioning subsidies for ‘Springer’ Freedom Forum - 3-4-1998 ABC Says Ellen’s Kiss Not Appropriate for Kids National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Talking trash: In defense of TV talk shows Salon - 11-12-1995 ACLU of Texas Fights Censorship Of Howard Stern's "Private Parts" in Weslaco, Texas ACLU - 6-20-1995 OTHER STORIES Serb broadcaster silenced Freedom Forum - 3-13-2000 No offense: Utah movie, TV editing cuts scenes, changes 'sex' to 'hugs' Freedom Forum - 3-16-1999 New Filter Screens Out TV Cuss Words National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Saturday Night Live Censors Rage Against The Machine Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 5-24-1996 TCI Cable Axes Liberal Cable Channel Conservative Channels Added National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1995 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	MOVIE & VIDEO CENSORSHIP OKLAHOMA "TIN DRUM" OBSCENITY CASE Judge Declares Tin Drum Art, Not Child Pornography National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 Final 'Tin Drum' lawsuit goes to court Freedom Forum - 8-23-1999 Oklahoma City to pay $400,000 to settle video dealers' 'Tin Drum' lawsuit Freedom Forum - 3-19-1999 Panelists aware of pitfalls in producing controversial art Freedom Forum - 11-13-1998 "Tin Drum" Video Seizure Sparks ACLU Lawsuit ACLU - 10-21-1998 'Tin Drum' doesn't violate Oklahoma's child-porn laws, rules federal judge Freedom Forum - 10-21-1998 Tin Drum Update Freedom To Read Foundation - 1998 Federal judge rules police were wrong in seizing The Tin Drum Freedom Forum - 12-29-1997 Oh! klahoma City's Censorship Battle National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1997 Tin Drum Censors Have Tunnel Vision National Coalition Against Censorship - 8-5-1997 Tin Drum Censorship Prompts First Amendment Challenge Freedom Forum - 7-21-1997 National Groups Condemn Oklahoma City Censorship National Coalition Against Censorship - 7-16-1997 ACLU Brings Free Speech Suit Against Oklahoma Police For Seizing Videos ACLU - 7-3-1997 Lawmakers Review Movie's Sexual Content Freedom Forum - 7-2-1997 Tunnel Vision Drums Up Censorship In Oklahoma First Amendment Cyber-Tribune - 7-1-1997 Award-winning German film ruled obscene by Oklahoma judge Freedom Forum - 6-30-1997 Oklahoma Police Seize Foreign Movie Deemed Obscene by County Court ACLU - 6-27-1997 Judge Deems Tin Drum Obscene - Seized from Private Home and Libraries in Oklahoma City National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 "Y2K MILITARY TAKEOVER" FILM WEBSITE SHUTDOWN CASE ACLU sues U.S. for allegedly forcing video off the Internet Freedom Forum - 12-23-1999 ACLU Sues FBI, Justice Department over Censorship of Fictional "Y2K Military Takeover" Film ACLU - 12-22-1999 ACLU to file suit against FBI on Web video artist's behalf Freedom Forum - 12-13-1999 With arm-twisting or without, FBI exposes government's penchant for censorship Freedom Forum - 12-3-1999 ISP head, FBI differ on Web site closing ‘order’ Freedom Forum - 11-29-1999 FBI forces ISP to close Web site Freedom Forum - 11-24-1999 LOUISIANA "NATURAL BORN KILLERS" LAWSUIT Hearing delayed in lawsuit against Oliver Stone Freedom Forum - 6-11-1999 Oliver Stone ordered to give deposition in civil suit Freedom Forum - 3-29-1999 Court Won't Block Oliver Stone Suit Media Coalition - 3-9-1999 Supreme Court won't free filmmaker from lawsuit over pair's crime spree Freedom Forum - 3-8-1999 Books and movies as natural born killers Freedom Forum - 10-26-1998 State high court refuses to block suit against filmmaker for pair's crime spree Freedom Forum - 10-15-1998 Crime in your neighborhood? Arrest a filmmaker Freedom Forum - 10-15-1998 Movie producers take First Amendment case to Louisiana high court Freedom Forum - 7-8-1998 Court: Claim against Natural Born Killers must be heard Freedom Forum - 5-18-1998 Oliver Stone Film On Trial Freedom To Read Foundation - 1998 CINCINNATI, OH "SALO" OBSCENITY CASE Salò Returns to Cincinnati National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1996 Pink Pyramid Bookstore Forced to Settle: Salo Returns to Cincinnati National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-1-1996 KINGSTON, NY "HUMPING SANTA" ACTRESS ARREST CASE Actress Arrested for Lewd Conduct With Santa During Film Shoot National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Police in New York arrest woman for ‘molesting’ Santa Freedom Forum - 6-18-1998 "LOLITA" DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS U.S. Audiences Finally Get Chance to See Lolita; Concerns About Child Pornography Had Scared Off Distributors National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Pornography Law Goes Too Far National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-17-1997 MOVIE RATINGS RESTRICTIONS Theater owners cave to censorship demands of Clinton Libertarian Rock - 6-10-1999 No more R-rated films for 17-year-olds, president says Freedom Forum - 6-9-1999 Congressman proposes restricting youth access to violent games, movies Freedom Forum - 6-8-1999 "UNDERCOVER COP SEX" VIDEO TAPE CASE Judge refuses to stop sale of 'Undercover Cop Sex' video Freedom Forum - 10-30-1998 Civil liberties group says First Amendment protects sale of sex video Freedom Forum - 9-21-1998 PADUCAH, KY VIOLENT FILMS & ENTERTAINMENT LAWSUIT Parents blame Kentucky school shooting on Hollywood, video game makers Freedom Forum - 4-13-1999 Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against movie, video game makers Freedom Forum - 4-7-2000 YOUTH VIOLENCE FILM SCAPEGOATING STORIES Screenwriters defend their violent scripts Freedom Forum - 10-28-1999 Directors to lobby against restrictions on film violence Freedom Forum - 6-28-1999 Filmmakers see threat to rights in probe of Hollywood violence Freedom Forum - 6-21-1999 Screenwriters disagree over responsibility for movie violence Freedom Forum - 6-7-1999 OTHER STORIES 'Immoral' video, cassette possession decriminalized in Iran Freedom Forum - 4-7-2000 Filmmaker wins libel suit against London newspaper Freedom Forum - 3-31-2000 The magic of movies vs. the mind of the censor Freedom Forum - 3-28-2000 French film faces ban in Australia! ROC News - 8-8-1999 Portrayal of prophet prompts Malaysian ban on 'Prince of Egypt' Freedom Forum - 1-29-1999 Amway, Claiming Inaccuracies, Seeks to Censor Polish Film National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Boston bumps 'BASEketball' ads from buses Freedom Forum - 7-31-1998 Motion picture group requires studios to post only G-rated Internet material Freedom Forum - 7-20-1998 'Family Friendly Library' Censorship Refuse And Resist - 7-3-1998 Religious Right responds to 'Schindler's List' Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-1994 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS & LITERARY MATERIAL From Harry Potter to 'Blubber': 100 books make list of most challenged of the '90s New Orleans Times Picayune - 7-21-2000 Courts press charges against journalist Index On Censorship - 7-12-2000 Chocolate War author battles effort to ban book Freedom Forum - 6-14-2000 Censorship foes hope schools learn from dispute over wizard books Freedom Forum - 5-15-2000 100 most frequently challenged books of decade announced American Library Association - 6-1-2000 ATTACKS ON HARRY POTTER BOOKS Harry Potter tales top list of most challenged books of 1999 Freedom Forum - 2-9-2000 Is Harry Potter Evil? National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-22-1999 Children's books stir up tempest in South Carolina Freedom Forum - 10-14-1999 SUBPOENAS OF BOOK PURCHASES Bookseller Defends Customer Privacy Freedom Forum - 4-12-2000 Now government peeks through bookstore shelves at you Freedom Forum - 6-4-1998 Judge: Lewinsky book purchases are fair game for Starr Freedom Forum - 6-4-1998 ACLU Seeks to End Bookstore Subpoenas; Says Prosecutor Violates First Amendment ACLU - 4-2-1998 Final Lewinsky Decisions, Subpoena Issues Resolved Freedom To Read Foundation - 1998 ATTACKS ON JOCK STURGES BOOKS Barnes & Noble Cleared to Sell Sturges and Hamilton Books in Cobb County; One Set of Alabama Charges Dropped National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 Sturges, Hamilton books to remain on store shelves in Cobb County, Ga. Freedom Forum - 11-6-1998 Georgia county officials consider charging bookseller with obscenity Freedom Forum - 10-22-1998 Barnes & Noble agrees to comply with Tennessee 'harmful to minors' display law Freedom Forum - 5-18-1998 Texas jury: Photo books by Sturges, Mann aren't child pornography Freedom Forum - 5-6-1998 Grand jury refuses to indict stores for selling Sturges' photo books Freedom Forum - 5-4-1998 Barnes & Noble Indicted for Sale of Sturges, Hamilton Books National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Bookstore goes to court in Alabama obscenity case Freedom Forum - 4-16-1998 Falwell accused of peddling porn in campus bookstore Institute For First Amendment Studies - 3-1-1998 Two more states investigate Sturges books Freedom Forum - 2-19-1998 ACLU Condemns Alabama's Indictment Of Barnes & Noble on Obscenity Charges ACLU - 2-19-1998 Colorado lawmaker targets Sturges’ photos Freedom Forum - 2-2-1998 Jock Sturges’s Books Targeted by Randall Terry National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Barnes and Noble Indicted in Tennessee National Coalition Against Censorship - Winter 1997 Art or smut? Debate continues over photographer's work Freedom Forum - 11-26-1997 Tennessee grand jury indicts Barnes & Noble for obscenity Freedom Forum - 11-24-1997 Statement on the Jock Sturges controversy Freedom Forum - 10-24-1997 Randall Terry goes on a tearing spree Institute For First Amendment Studies - 9-19-97 Terry goes on tearing spree Institute For First Amendment Studies - 9-1-1997 The Arts Under Attack: Jock Sturges Photos Vandalized in Bookstores National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1997 "HIT MAN" LAWSUIT Brooklyn Museum, Hit Man cases attract legal analysis Freedom Forum - 10-7-1999 'Hit Man' Publisher Settles Suit Washington Post - 5-22-1999 Books and movies as natural born killers Freedom Forum - 10-26-1998 Hit Man Court Says Writings May Be Fighting Words National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Judge Dismisses Suit Against Hit Man Publisher National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1996 Book Found “Not Guilty” of Causing Murder Freedom To Read Foundation - 1996 The “Hit Man” Lawsuit: Publishers on Trial Freedom To Read Foundation - 1996 TEXAS SELF HELP BOOKS BANNING Texas lawmaker submits bill designed to protect self-help law books, software Freedom Forum - 3-1-1999 Federal judge bars distribution of self-help legal software in Texas Freedom Forum - 2-2-1999 Legal publisher prepares to defend self-help guides Freedom Forum - 10-20-1998 Self-help legal publisher seeks disclosure from Texas accusers Freedom Forum - 7-29-1998 Texas weighs legality of self-help legal books Freedom Forum - 3-31-1998 LUIS RODRIGUEZ BOOK BANNING San Diego parent asks county to pull gang memoir from school libraries Freedom Forum - 1-29-1999 Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois Boston Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 6-11-1996 ISLAMIC BLASPHEMY CASES Kuwaiti appeals court acquits writer of blasphemy Freedom Forum - 3-28-2000 Iran Backs Off Rushdie Fatwa; Private Groups Do Not National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 WICHITA FALLS, TX GAY THEMED BOOK BANNING ACLU Claims First Victory In Texas Public Library Censorship Case ACLU - 7-20-1999 Lawsuit challenges removal of disputed library books from kids' section Freedom Forum - 7-19-1999 ACLU Sues Texas City for Public Library Censorship ACLU - 7-16-1999 Texas city council approves plan to move disputed library books to adult section Freedom Forum - 2-17-1999 Texas city council defeats plan to limit kids' access to library books Freedom Forum - 2-3-1999 Citizens rally around library books on gays after pastor takes stand Freedom Forum - 5-22-1998 LIBRARY POLICY STORIES Battling over what goes on kids' library shelves Freedom Forum - 3-31-2000 Proposed Library Policy Would Create Censorship Zone People For The American Way - 1-29-1999 Library Cleansing Plan Backfires National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Top Challenged Books in 1998 Freedom Forum - 9-28-1998 Book-burning mentality sears society's soul Freedom Forum - 9-28-1998 The Freedom to Read: A Personal Celebration Freedom Forum - 9-28-1998 'Family Friendly Library' Censorship Refuse And Resist - 7-3-1998 Religious Right Ponders: "What Lurks in the Library?" National Coalition Against Censorship - 12-1-1995 RESTRICTIONS ON CRIME STORIES N.Y. appeals court: Mob hit man can keep proceeds from book Freedom Forum - 3-8-2000 So that crime doesn't pay, should crime writers pay taxes? Freedom Forum - 3-3-1999 Georgia bill would impose taxes on works containing factual accounts of crime Freedom Forum - 3-3-1999 ‘Queen of the Serial-Killer Journalists’ vows to fight ‘Son of Sam’ ruling Freedom Forum - 1-6-1998 OTHER STORIES Filmmaker wins libel suit against London newspaper Freedom Forum - 3-31-2000 Group tells of female writers in prison Freedom Forum - 3-7-2000 The Lady's Not For Burning First Amendment Cyber-Tribune - 7-1-1995 Washington State's Newstand Wins $1.3 Million Judgment National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1997 SEE ALSO SCHOOL LIBRARY & LITERARY CENSORSHIP BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	MISCELLANEOUS CENSORSHIP Judge to Bar Miami-Dade County from Enforcing Culture Ban on Cuba ACLU - 7-11-2000 Violent Media Is Good For Kids Mother Jones - 6-28-2000 Pinning a label on violence in media Freedom Forum - 6-23-2000 The folly of reading the mind of the reader Freedom Forum - 5-18-2000 YOUTH VIOLENCE SCAPEGOATING INVESTIGATIONS FTC probes entertainment industry's sale of violence to kids Freedom Forum - 4-27-2000 Opponents of media violence ease demand for industry code Freedom Forum - 2-3-2000 Analysis of President Clinton's Youth Violence Strategy International Youth Rights Action Alliance - 2000 Task Force on Youth Violence and the Entertainment Industry (Summary) National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-6-1999 Brownback scales back culture committee proposal Freedom Forum - 9-23-99 Senate report: Media violence affects kids Freedom Forum - 8-6-1999 Media Scholar Warns Senate: Listen to Our Children. Don't Fear Them National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1999 Clinton orders investigation of media violence Freedom Forum - 6-1-1999 Senate passes plan ordering study of violence in entertainment Freedom Forum - 5-14-1999 Senate panel takes entertainment industry to task for violent content Freedom Forum - 5-5-1999 Tennessee panel on Littleton shootings warns against creating scapegoats Freedom Forum - 4-29-1999 Home Office report on video violence & the effects of images on young people Internet Freedom - 1-19-1998 Increased Government Censorship Looms on the Horizon ACLU - 11-6-1997 YOUTH VIOLENCE SCAPEGOATING LEGISLATION Target practice on the First Amendment Freedom Forum - 2-28-2000 Tennessee Labelling Bill 2000 Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 2-10-2000 Senator defends entertainment-labeling bill as 'citizenship,' not censorship Freedom Forum - 9-3-1999 Entertainment industry wields First Amendment to stave off House amendments Freedom Forum - 6-18-1999 McCain-Lieberman bill would require cigarette-style warning labels on entertainment products Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 6-17-1999 House refuses to curb youth access to sexual, violent entertainment Freedom Forum - 6-17-1999 Ban on Sale of Violent Material to Minors Fails Congress Los Angeles Times - 6-17-1999 Amendments to Juvenile Justice Bill Would Make the First Amendment Another Casualty of Littleton People For The American Way - 6-16-1999 Culture War Escalates as House Considers "Violence" Exception to First Amendment ACLU - 6-11-1999 PFAW Warns Congress: Quick-Fix Censorship Proposals Violate Free Speech, Parental Rights People For The American Way - 6-9-1999 Congressman proposes restricting youth access to violent games, movies Freedom Forum - 6-8-1999 Entertainment reps, retailers keep watchful eye on state legislation Freedom Forum - 2-24-1999 A Partial—But Important—Victory in Playboy v. Deters Freedom To Read Foundation - 1996 Vermont lawmaker wants to hold media responsible for violence Freedom Forum - 12-29-1999 YOUTH VIOLENCE SCAPEGOATING STORIES Eric, Dylan and Mary of Doom Slashdot - 12-15-1999 Fear of violence making media the scapegoat, lawyer says Freedom Forum - 12-10-1999 Hollywood: the power and the evil Freedom Forum - 7-26-1999 Violence in the Media National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1999 Washington's Post-Littleton Looney Tunes National Coalition Against Censorship - 6-19-1999 Lyrics Aren't Lethal Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 5-14-1999 School shooting sparks debate on entertainment media, teen violence Freedom Forum - 4-26-1999 Why do kids kill? Freedom Forum - 4-23-1999 The Rating Game: The Entertainment Industry Gambles On Self-Censorship Freedom Forum - 9-16-1998 AN APPEAL TO REASON STORIES An Appeal to Reason Freedom To Read Foundation - 11-1-1999 Instead of an "Appeal to Hollywood," how about an Appeal to Reason? National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1999 An Appeal to Reason Free Expression Clearinghouse - 1999 AFA BOYCOTTING STORIES Texas School Board Dumps Disney Stock National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 The Rev. Donald E. Wildmon’s Crusade for Censorship, 1977-1992 Media Coalition - Date Religious leaders denounce Wildmon's anti-Semitism Institute For First Amendment Studies - 6-1-1989 BARNEY VS. THE SAN DIEGO CHICKEN CASE Famous Chicken pummels Barney in trademark suit Freedom Forum - 8-11-1998 Barney’s image fouled by famous fowl? Freedom Forum - 11-7-1997 OTHER STORIES High court turns away challenge to ban on video gambling in South Carolina Freedom Forum - 4-24-2000 Lenny Bruce unlocked words for all who followed Freedom Forum - 8-24-1999 "Satanic voices" attributed to Mexican singer Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 7-22-1999 Federal judge overturns Washington law on nightclub, bar licenses Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 7-1-1999 Massachusetts Bill Restricting Filmed Depiction for True Stories Shelved National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	ENTERTAINMENT T-SHIRT CENSORSHIP R.I. education official sides with student in dispute over 'satanic' T-shirt Freedom Forum - 7-6-2000 T-shirt ruling reversed-State sides with teen suspended over 'satanic' T-shirt Providence Journal - 7-6-2000 OHIO MARILYN MANSON SHIRT BANNING IN MALL CASE Ohio appeals court rejects man's claim to free speech in mall Freedom Forum - 2-16-2000 OHIO INSANE CLOWN POSSE SHIRT HARASSMENT CASE City agrees to pay damages, apologize to Ohio teen for confiscating T-shirt Freedom Forum - 4-25-2000 Police Apologise For Confiscating Fan's Clown Posse Shirt Music 365 - 4-22-2000 ACLU of Ohio Settles Lawsuit Involving Censored T-Shirt ACLU Ohio - 4-20-2000 Ohio teen who was ordered to take off offensive T-shirt takes city to court Freedom Forum - 1-28-2000 Toledo police sued for taking boy's shirt Cleveland Live - 1-28-2000 ACLU of Ohio Blasts Police for Harassing Teens Wearing "Insane Clown Posse" T-Shirts ACLU - 8-12-1999 PENNSYLVANIA WRESTLING SHIRT BANNING CASE Pennsylvania school drops ban on pro wrestling T-shirt Freedom Forum - 1-25-1999 RHODE ISLAND WHITE ZOMBIE SHIRT SUSPENSION CASE Mother says controversy over son's 'satanic' T-shirt 'has gotten way out of hand' Freedom Forum - 4-11-2000 `Satanic' T-shirt case drags on two years SF Gate - 4-11-2000 R.I. education officials say White Zombie encourages Satanism Freedom Forum - 2-9-1999 White Zombie T-shirt spurs Rhode Island high school student's suspension Freedom Forum - 11-17-1998 ACLU of R.I. Challenges School Ban on "666" T-Shirt ACLU - 11-13-1998 KENTUCKY MARILYN MANSON SHIRT ARREST CASE Conviction upheld in Marilyn Manson T-shirt case Freedom Forum - 4-2-1999 Lawyer: Client who wore band T-shirt was exercising freedom of speech Freedom Forum - 12-14-1998 Kentucky woman fined $250 for wearing Marilyn Manson T-shirt Freedom Forum - 5-11-1998 'Offensive' T-shirt elicits harassment charge Freedom Forum - 4-24-1998 FLORIDA CRADLE OF FILTH SHIRT ARREST CASE Florida jury acquits man of obscenity over topless nun T-shirt Freedom Forum - 2-19-1998 Is wearing offensive T-shirt free expression or obscene act? Freedom Forum - 2-17-1998 Florida man fights for the right to wear topless-nun T-shirt Freedom Forum - 1-5-1998 TEXAS MARILYN MANSON SHIRT ARREST CASE Texas town drops charges against teen over T-shirt Freedom Forum - 4-27-1998 T-shirt obscenity charges dismissed on technical grounds Freedom Forum - 3-9-1998 Freedom to wear offensive T-shirts traveling different paths Freedom Forum - 1-28-1998 Teen Arrested For Marilyn Manson Shirt Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 1-27-1998 Police arrest teen wearing Marilyn Manson T-shirt Freedom Forum - 1-22-1998 NORTH CAROLINA MARILYN MANSON SHIRT SUSPENSION CASE ACLU Settles Marilyn Manson T-Shirt Case in North Carolina ACLU - 1-20-1998 MICHIGAN KORN SHIRT SUSPENSION CASE Michigan teen drops lawsuit over dress code policy Freedom Forum - 1-22-1999 Student suspended for wearing rock bands' T-shirts sues school district Freedom Forum - 10-23-1998 Michigan board of education keeps dress code policy Freedom Forum - 5-21-1998 Michigan school board delays decision on dress code Freedom Forum - 5-8-1998 Students suggest all-out ban in wake of Korn T-shirt tiff Freedom Forum - 4-7-1998 Michigan school board, community debate Korn T-shirt controversy Freedom Forum - 3-18-1998 Zeeland school board meets tonight to discuss T-shirts Freedom Forum - 3-16-1998 Heavy-metal band sounds off on Michigan student’s suspension Freedom Forum - 3-13-1998 School suspends Michigan teen over T-shirts Freedom Forum - 3-12-1998 CONNECTICUT SOUTH PARK SHIRT BANNING CASE School board scraps plans for ‘South Park’ clothing ban Freedom Forum - 2-18-1998 Conn. school system considers banning 'South Park' clothing Freedom Forum - 1-30-1998 MICHIGAN MARILYN MANSON SHIRT BANNING CASE Parents fearful of Marilyn Manson seek school ban Freedom Forum - 2-20-1998 OTHER STORIES "Offensive" T-Shirts Prompt Arrests, School Restrictions National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
NEA & FUNDING CRITERIA ISSUES Jane Alexander still fighting for controversy in the arts Freedom Forum - 6-7-2000 NEA FUNDING ATTACKS Right-Wing Funding Cuts: Killing the Arts in USA! Villiage Voice - 9-22-1999 Senate sticks up for federal arts agency Freedom Forum - 9-16-1998 Hypocrisy Alert! TV Preacher Pat Robertson Demands Defunding Of National Endowment For The Arts While Accepting NEA Grant Money Americans United - 7-16-1998 NEA Survives Another Year National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 NEA Survives Congressional Attack Content Restrictions Added National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 9-1-1995 Conservatives, Radical Right Step Up Attacks on NEA National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 Senate Passes NEA & NEH Cuts, New Content Restrictions National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 Alexander Announces Changes Funding Cuts Force NEA Restructuring National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 House Votes to End NEA & NEH By '98 Advocacy Efforts Shift to Senate National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 7-1-1995 Reauthorization/Appropriations Battle Heats Up, NEA, NEH, IMS National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1995 Will the NEA/NEH Survive the 104th Congress? National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1994 Arts Endowment Kills ReGrants to Media Artists & Composers National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1994 NEA: Who's in Charge? National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1994 Senate Slashes NEA Budget Visual Arts, Theater & Inter-Arts Targeted National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 8-1-1994 FINLEY v. NEA SUPREME COURT CASE Supreme Court Upholds "Decency" Standard for the NEA National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1998 Analysis of Finley Decision By Anne Kappler Freedom To Read Foundation - 1998 Finley v. NEA Not An Armageddon For The Arts Americans For The Arts - 7-1-1998 Court’s decision on arts funding leaves free speech intact Freedom Forum - 6-29-1998 Court finds NEA can deny artists grants if their work is judged indecent Freedom Forum - 6-25-1998 ACLU Sees Silver Lining in Court's Ruling on Funding for the Arts ACLU - 6-25-1998 Finley v. NEA Supreme Court case upholding the NEA Decency Clause Americans For The Arts - 6-25-1998 Supreme Court Upholds "Decency And Respect" As A Consideration Only But Cautions Against Viewpoint-based Arts Funding Decisions National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 6-25-1998 Supreme Court Hears NEA4 Appeal National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Supreme Court scrutinizes decency in arts-funding fight Freedom Forum - 4-1-1998 Artists ask Supreme Court to throw out decency standard Freedom Forum - 3-31-1998 Free Speech Groups Urge Justices to Reject "Decency and Respect" Test for Arts Grants ACLU - 2-19-1998 Supreme Court to Rule on NEA Decency Standards National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1997 Supreme Court tackles flap over arts funding law Freedom Forum - 12-12-1997 U.S. Supreme Court takes on NEA case Freedom Forum - 11-26-1997 Finley & NEA National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules NEA Decency Requirement Unconstitutional ACLU - 11-5-1996 NEA DEFUNDING OF "THE STORY OF COLORS" Publisher of children's book orders second print run after NEA drops grant Freedom Forum - 3-19-1999 NEA nixes grant for children's book Freedom Forum - 3-11-1999 National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression Condemns Censorship Action Of The Chairman Of The National Endowment For The Arts National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 3-10-1999 NEA's Head Whites Out The Story of Colors National Coalition Against Censorship - Spring 1999 NEA Urged to Reinstate Grant to Children's Book Publisher People For The American Way - 3-10-1999 OTHER NEA CONTENT RESTRICTION STORIES Members of Congress Join National Council; Sessions Calls for "Decent" Art National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Senate Passes NEA & NEH Cuts, New Content Restrictions National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 Arts Organization Attacked In Texas Congressional Campaign Television Ad Maligns Candidates Support for DiverseWorks National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1994 OTHER NEA CONTENT BASED GRANT REJECTION DECISIONS Hallwalls and Canyon Cinema Appeals Denied by NEA National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 National Council Veto Two Theater Grants Reconsideration Request Denied National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1995 APRI To Continue Despite NEA Withdrawal National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1994 An Insider's Look at How NEA Awards Its Grants National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1994 Bowing to Political Pressure: NEA Council Rejects Three Artist Fellowships National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 8-1-1994 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	RADIO CENSORSHIP & RESTRICTIONS Federal appeals panel closes down unlicensed Prayze FM Freedom Forum - 6-14-2000 FCC MICROBROADCASTING POLICY & RESTRICTIONS McCain Bill Will Destroy LPFM Says Alliance for Community Media Alliance For Community Media - 5-10-2000 How to Save Low Power Radio FAIR - 5-8-2000 House votes to curb FCC's low-power radio plan Freedom Forum - 4-14-2000 Microradio license plan under fire Dallas Morning News - 3-27-2000 Broadcasting industry wants court to block low-power radio Freedom Forum - 2-18-2000 FCC Ruling: Victory for Microbroadcasters! The Nation - 2-14-2000 FCC finds space on radio dial for low-power stations Freedom Forum - 1-21-2000 Alliance for Community Media Applauds FCC Ruling in Low Power FM Alliance For Community Media - 1-21-2000 FCC set to vote on low-power radio Freedom Forum - 1-14-2000 FCC closes public comment on low-power radio Freedom Forum - 11-17-1999 Federal judge to FCC: Give back Christian radio station's equipment Freedom Forum - 9-7-1999 Federal appeals panel upholds criminal conviction against microbroadcaster Freedom Forum - 8-26-1999 NAB, microbroadcasters submit conflicting reports to FCC Freedom Forum - 8-9-1999 Pennsylvania minister sues FCC over low-power broadcast license Freedom Forum - 6-22-1999 Religious groups bless FCC radio proposal Freedom Forum - 5-19-1999 Microbroadcasters cast hopeful but wary eye at FCC proposal Freedom Forum - 1-29-1999 Feds vote to move forward with low-power radio stations Freedom Forum - 1-28-1999 Feds shutter 19 pirate radio stations Freedom Forum - 12-17-1998 Founder of microradio movement faces likely shutdown Freedom Forum - 12-10-1998 Outlaws of the Airwaves: Pirate radio prepares to walk the plank for the First Amendment Freedom Forum - 10-5-1998 Radio pirates to defy FCC by broadcasting in front of agency Freedom Forum - 9-3-1998 FCC Cracks Down on Low Power Broadcasters National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 Pirate radio unfurls sails in Free Radio Berkeley’s wake Freedom Forum - 6-26-1998 Court allows FCC to silence ‘Free Radio Berkeley’ Freedom Forum - 6-17-1998 FCC tight-lipped on possible low-power radio licenses Freedom Forum - 4-30-1998 Pirate radio fights for right to sail in legal waters Freedom Forum - 4-16-1998 Federal Court to Determine Legality of Micro Radio Ban National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Spring 1998 Pirate radio stations defend their right to broadcast Freedom Forum - 1-12-1998 Radio Wars Rock And Rap Confidential - 5-1-1996 MUMIA ABU-JAMAL RADIO BROADCAST CENSORSHIP Abu-Jamal National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 Temple U. Censors Mumia Refuse And Resist - 5-4-1997 New Urgent Call to Act in Defense Of Mumia Refuse And Resist - 2-24-1997 Mumia Abu-Jamal Censored Once Again! Refuse And Resist - 2-24-1997 ATTACK ON WBCN OVER HEMPILATION ALBUM WBCN Attacked For Playing Hempilation Album Songs Massachusetts Music Industry Coalition - 3-10-1996 Cops and Chronic: The war on drugs becomes a war on music Rock And Rap Confidential - 1-1-1996 KPFA BERKELEY, CA PROTESTS Protests mark struggle over radical radio station Freedom Forum - 7-16-1999 OTHER RADIO CENSORSHIP STORIES Newspapers in Liberia suspend publication to protest crackdown against radio stations Freedom Forum - 3-20-2000 Radio duo taken off air during reading Student Press Law Center - Spring 1999 Explicit rap song finally leads to FCC fine Student Press Law Center - Winter 1998 Univ. of South Carolina Censors Radio Station The Justice on Campus Project - 2-8-1996 Emerson College Action Alert The Justice on Campus Project - 11-7-1995 College radio. Who pays for it, who benefits, why it's under fire Rock And Rap Confidential - 7-1-1989 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	COMIC BOOK & CARTOON CENSORSHIP Trouble In Texas: Case Update Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 6-12-2000 MIKE DIANA OBSCENITY CASE Mike Diana Says Good Morning America! Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 5-26-1998 High Court Won't Hear Comic-Book Artist's Case Freedom Forum - 7-9-1997 Mike Diana: Petition Denied Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 6-27-1997 The Mike Diana Saga James Romenesko - 6-27-1997 Comic Book Artist Appeals Obscenity Conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court Freedom Forum - 5-29-1997 ’Zine Cartoonist Mike Diana Loses Appeal National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1996 Censorship and Then Some [Mike Diana Interview] Brian - 1-1-1996 ATTACKS ON DOONESBURY COMIC STRIP Newspapers pull ‘Doonesbury’ cartoons lampooning Clinton-intern controversy Freedom Forum - 2-12-1998 State Attorney General Asks Newspapers to Censor "Doonesbury" National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1997 ATTACKS ON COMIC BOOK RETAILERS Trouble in Texas Poké-Mom Vows Revenge, Retailer Arrested Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 3-17-2000 Trouble in Texas Police Take Aim at Anime "Menace" Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 3-17-2000 ELFQUEST: Busted in West Virginia Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 12-18-1999 "You're Offending Somebody!" The myth of the 'safe' comic book offers little security Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 4-29-1998 Planet Comics Opts for Deferred Sentence Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 9-10-1997 WINTER BROTHERS LAWSUIT AGAINST JONAH HEX COMICS SERIES Jonah Hex vs. The Winter Bros. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 1999 PAUL MAVRIDES COMIC ART SALES TAX CASE Mavrides Beats California BOE Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 1999 OTHER STORIES International Political Cartoon Exhibition Index On Censorship - 2000 Censorship of Comics Bibliography Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 1999 A Short History of Censorship in Comics Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - 1999 1954 Senate Interim Report - Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency Library of Congress - 3-14-1955 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
THEATER CENSORSHIP & ATTACKS ON PLAYS ATTACKS ON TERRANCE MCNALLY'S "CORPUS CHRISTI" Corpus Christi Opens, Draws Protestors and Supporters National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Winter 1999 A Quiet Walk for the First Amendment People For The American Way - 10-13-1998 Arts and Free Speech Groups Support the Manhattan Theatre Club National Coalition Against Censorship - 10-13-1998 New York Audiences Get A Choice...Will San Antonio and Anchorage Be So Lucky? National Coalition Against Censorship - Summer 1998 Open Letter on the Terrence McNally Episode at Manhattan Theatre Club Refuse And Resist - 6-8-1998 CHARLOTTE, NC THEATER CENSORSHIP Theater, Fearing Loss of Funding, Cancels Play With Nudity; Arts Community Split Over Tactics National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - 12-1-1999 N.Y. theater to feature teen's play that N.C. festival kept from stage Freedom Forum - 4-22-1999 ACLU Condemns North Carolina County for Censoring Arts Council Over Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ACLU - 4-3-1997 Local Theater Bans Teen's Prize-Winning Play Because Main Characters Are Lesbians ACLU - 3-5-1999 N.C. festival won't feature teen's winning entry because of lesbian theme Freedom Forum - 2-19-1999 Theater in Charlotte, N.C., cancels play with nudity Freedom Forum - 11-19-1998 Congressional Attack on the NEA Spills Over National Coalition Against Censorship - Fall 1997 ACLU Condemns North Carolina County for Censoring Arts Council Over Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ACLU - 4-3-1997 TEXAS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL CENSORSHIP Newman's Own Gives Additional $18,000 To Save Texas Shakespeare Festival Freedom Forum - 4-12-2000 Theater festival loses county funds after Texas college stages controversial play Freedom Forum - 11-12-1999 Texas college: Controversial show must go on Freedom Forum - 10-12-1999 OTHER STORIES Kentucky prosecutors drop obscenity case against theater manager Freedom Forum - 11-24-1999 Local Restaurant, Accused of Bigotry, Cancels One-Man Show National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Fall 1998 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	VIDEO GAME RATINGS & CENSORSHIP Indianapolis mayor signs law restricting youth access to violent video games Freedom Forum - 7-18-2000 Discount retailers resist efforts to limit sales of violent video games Freedom Forum - 5-25-2000 VIDEO GAME RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION Illinois attorney general urges end to sales of violent video games to minors Freedom Forum - 4-20-2000 State senator hopes to regulate violent video games through obscenity law Freedom Forum - 4-18-2000 Lawmakers are uneducated about video game industry, panelist says Freedom Forum - 4-10-2000 Tennessee lawmakers set sights on violent video games Freedom Forum - 2-29-2000 The Computer Made Me Do It Internet Freedom - 6-26-1999 Congressman proposes restricting youth access to violent games, movies Freedom Forum - 6-8-1999 Pennsylvania legislator wants rating system for video games Freedom Forum - 5-20-1999 Florida House panel votes to regulate video-game violence Freedom Forum - 4-22-1998 Florida lawmakers target video-game violence Freedom Forum - 2-9-1998 VIDEO GAME SCAPEGOATING LAWSUITS Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against movie, video game makers Freedom Forum - 4-7-2000 Parents blame Kentucky school shooting on Hollywood, video game makers Freedom Forum - 4-13-1999 GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS Carmageddon II - return of the panic about computer games Internet Freedom - 11-14-1998 Film Censor Puts Brakes on Carmageddon II Internet Freedom - 11-6-1998 Driving Offences Internet Freedom - 4-9-1998 OTHER STORIES Witness tells Senate panel: Video games taught teen killer how to shoot Freedom Forum - 3-22-2000 SEE ALSO MISCELLANEOUS CENSORSHIP BACK TO TOP OF PAGE	DANCING & RAVE RESTRICTIONS RAVE RESTRICTIONS AND INCIDENTS Canadian Civil Liberties Association Seeks Investigation of Mass Strip Search at Rave Drug Reform Coordination Network - 2-25-2000 After-hours dance club owners fight new city ordinance Freedom Forum - 7-29-1998 RELIGIOUS BASED DANCE RESTRICTIONS British Gov't Scraps Sunday Dancing Laws, called 'Daft! NME.com - 1-8-2000 VA judge strikes down dancing restriction Libertarian Rock - 8-9-1999 Federal judge sets town footloose, striking down dancing ban Freedom Forum - 7-8-1999 Last dance in Purdy Institute For First Amendment Studies - 4-1-1990 HIP-HOP DANCE INCIDENTS L.A. police accused of excessive force in festival melee Freedom Forum - 3-18-1999 ACLU Says Videotapes Demonstrate Police 'Overreaction' in Venice Beach ACLU - 3-17-1999 OTHER STORIES Cite 'History of Controversy' Iowa Arts Council Defunds Bill T. Jones F. John Herbert National Campaign For Freedom Of Expression - Summer 1995 BACK TO TOP OF PAGE
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