Court Rules Against Pennsylvania Law That Curbs Child-Pornography Sites
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The decision is a victory for free speech and Internet-rights advocates who argued that although the law was well-intentioned, its effects were unconstitutional.
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A state law that would ban sales of violent video games to minors violates free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a judge ruled.
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In what could potentially be a landmark Vermont case, judge says thanks to the Fifth Amendment, a child pornography defendant doesn't need to turn over his laptop's PGP passphrase.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has prohibited prosecutors in the state from urging jurors to "send a message" with their verdicts.
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Local governments cannot bar nude dancing clubs from staging simulated sex acts, a U.S. federal court ruled on Monday.
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A legal battle could be brewing after the City Council enacted a new policy that bars adults from unrestricted Internet access to pornography on Phoenix library computers.
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AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 - Affirming a lower court decision, a federal appellate court ruled Thursday that the distributors of software used by millions of people to exchange music files over the Internet cannot be held liable for aiding ...
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A judge ruled against the BitTorrent site in its case against the MPAA this week, accusing it of tampering with evidence.
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Justice Department attorneys, defending a law aimed at keeping online pornography from minors, argued that software filters often block valid sites &#151; on gay rights or sexual health, for example &#151; that teens might seek out.
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The High Court on Monday upheld a ban on a teenager from wearing a so-called &quot;purity ring&quot; at school to signal her refusal of sex before marriage.
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Cached images not evidence A US court has said the existence of child pornography images in the cache of a man's computer did not mean that man had committed a crime under state law. The Court of Appeals in Georgia has reversed the man's conviction.â¦
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.
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A federal appeals court has overturned a statute outlawing sex toy sales in Texas, one of the last states  -  all in the South  -  to retain such a ban
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a dispute over whether Internet providers can be forced to identify subscribers illegally swapping music and movies online. -AP
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on  Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by  the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.
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The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down an archaic and rarely enforced state law prohibiting sex between unmarried people.
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Local governments cannot bar nude  dancing clubs from staging simulated sex acts, a U.S. federal  court ruled on Monday.