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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1992|1992]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:| | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|Category:]]=== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality | ====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music]] [[:Category:| | ====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music]] , [[:Category:Legislation|Legislation]]==== | ||
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'''Confronting Bodies:''' Washington State | |||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Washington State Legislature, Governor Booth Gardner, | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' 1992 | '''Dates of Action:''' 1992 | ||
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'''Results of Incident:''' Four months after it took effect, Washington state's law repealed in October, 1992 by a Superior Court Judge in Seattle. | '''Results of Incident:''' Four months after it took effect, Washington state's law repealed in October, 1992 by a Superior Court Judge in Seattle. | ||
'''Source:''' ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992 | '''Source:''' ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992 [http://www.theroc.org/roc-mag/textarch/roc-09/roc09-04.htm More Information] | ||
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Revision as of 17:20, 8 August 2011
Date: [[:Category:1992|1992]
=Region: North America [[:Category:|Category:]]
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Music , Legislation
Confronting Bodies: Washington State Legislature, Governor Booth Gardner,
Dates of Action: 1992
Location: Washington state
Description of Artwork: Recordings deemed "erotic" by a judge in one locality.
The Incident: The law, which extended the state's already existing "harmful to minors" law to cover sound recordings, forced record stores around the state to place "adults only" labels on recordings which were deemed "erotic." Anyone who sold a labeled recording to a minor could have been fined or jailed.
Results of Incident: Four months after it took effect, Washington state's law repealed in October, 1992 by a Superior Court Judge in Seattle.
Source: ACLU Arts Censorship Project Newsletter, Fall 1992 More Information
