Obscenity - Wikipedia FCC rules and federal law govern obscenity in broadcast media Many historically important works have been described as obscene or prosecuted under obscenity laws, including the works of Charles Baudelaire, Lenny Bruce, William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, James Joyce, D H Lawrence, Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett, and the Marquis de Sade
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United States obscenity law - Wikipedia United States obscenity law deals with the regulation or suppression of what is considered obscenity and therefore not protected speech or expression under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution In the United States, discussion of obscenity typically relates to defining what pornography is obscene Issues of obscenity arise at federal and state levels State laws operate only