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<strong>YNOT</strong> – District Court Judge Michael M. Baylson granted the government’s motion to dismiss the Free Speech Coalition’s lawsuit seeking to strike down 18 USC §2257 and §2257A. The two sections of the U.S. criminal code require adult content producers to collect, maintain and make available to law enforcement personal records for the performers they employ. The sections also require content producers to label their productions as compliant with the law. The FSC challenged both sections on constitutional grounds and sought a permanent injunction barring enforcement.
The court’s 112-page decision was rendered nearly 10 months after FSC’s initial filing in Philadelphia.
“We are disappointed but not surprised,” said FSC Executive Director Diane Duke. “We could tell at the onset that this judge was going to be a challenge.”
FSC and its attorneys are reviewing the decision with an eye to an appeal.
“We’ve known all along that the district courts would be a challenge, as they are staffed with [former President George W.] Bush appointees,” Duke said. “Our next option is an appeal at the circuit court level. We are in the Third Circuit, an optimal circuit for our appeal.”
For more information about the FSC’s continuing battle against 2257 and other issues of importance to the adult entertainment industry, visit <a href=http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/ target=new>FreeSpeechCoalition.com</a>.
The Free Speech Coalition is the national trade organization for the adult entertainment industry. Its mission is to lead, protect and support the growth and wellbeing of the adult entertainment community.
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