[UA] America by Prime Time (was Greetings)

[Timothy Toner]

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From: "Cassady Toles" <Con_Job at excite.com>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [UA] America by Prime Time (was Greetings)


>
>   I thought that some 'subversive' titles like "The Anarchist's Cookbook"
> were
>   illegal to sell in the US?
>
> That's an urban myth.  It is legal to sell books about anything in this
> country unless they commit slander, then it's still legal but you may have
> to proove your actions in court.

Not entirely true.  There's some bozo-no-no's, like child pornography, and,
oddly enough, anything that would assist you in cracking digital encryption
(a la the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which threatens to blow the
concept of fair use out of the law books).  Now, on a LOCAL level, there's
what's called "community standards," which can make possession with intent
to distribute of Mad Magazine a hanging offense.


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