I just read a case striking down (on slightly complex grounds that I won’t get into here) Georgia’s law banning the distribution and advertising of “obscene material” — including “[a]ny device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs,” as well as hard-core porn of the sort that the law describes as “obscenity” — and found this exception:
(e) It is an affirmative defense under this Code section that dissemination of the material was restricted to:
(1) A person associated with an institution of higher learning, either as a
member of the faculty or a matriculated student, teaching or pursuing a course of study related to such material . . . .
I know that some people think that professors and students — and especially law professors and law students — are especially in need of sex aids, but it’s nice to see that under Georgia law they actually get a special entitlement to them! I realize, of course, that this is limited to people who are “teaching or pursuing a course of study related to such material,” but courses of study are not hard to set up, especially given the availability of independent study projects . . . .
Thanks to How Appealing for the pointer to the opinion.