They said the law failed to distinguish between open websites and obscene material.
The court noted that the minors depicted in obscene material need not exist.
Later more obscene material was seized in a police raid on his home.
He was a publisher of obscene material in New York.
In 1708 the first trial prompted by the publication of allegedly obscene material came before a British court.
People will never agree on what constitutes obscene material, esp.
Personal possession of obscene material in the home may not be prohibited by law.
For the most part, however, it is not easy to find "obscene" materials in cyberspace.
That case did not support a right to import obscene materials for private use.
To be pragmatic toward passage, the bill was limited to child pornography and obscene material.