What. The. Fuck.

[kierthos]

Supreme Court strikes down law that banned animal cruelty videos because it was a violation of free speech.

What.

I'm sorry, if you're filming videos of dog-fighting, or crush videos, yeah, that shit should be against the law, and it shouldn't fall under free speech. Fuck that.

You want to know what's even more surprising? The sole dissenter was Alito.

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[flemco.livejournal.com]

"Every other crime caught on tape: hit television series."
- Stanhope

[delwin.livejournal.com]

So long as he's not actually creating the crimes sure. A guy was doing that down in Brazil and he ended up getting busted for paying people to commit the crimes he was filming.

But if they're doing it legit? Why not?

[flemco.livejournal.com]

Shady double standard in society. Certain crimes, it's illegal to own the video of it. Doesn't matter if you actually MADE the tape, or just downloaded it - you watch that crime on tape, YOU are also committing a crime. Research the history of Traci Lords on that one.

COPS shows people breaking the law on video every show, over and over again, and that's a hit TV show.

[delwin.livejournal.com]

If this ruling stands it may well start to effect other places that double standard exists. Sexting is the one that keeps hitting my radar as 'the law is dumb'. If the act creating the video is not a crime (a teen taking their own picture naked) then why is owning that video a crime, especially for someone where it wouldn't have been a crime for them to do far more intimate things with said teen (I.E. someone their own age receiving said video).

I have no interest in said videos personally and I do think that they shouldn't be sold for money but one teen taking a picture of themselves naked and sending it to another teen for whom it would not be a crime for them to have sex with... is a felony?

Yea... I'm hoping that this ruling injects a little rationality back into that discussion.