31.   Obscene material, as determined by a court of law, is not protected by the First Amendment.

32.   Only the person who created the obscene materials can be penalized.

33.   Other cases including regulating obscene material on cable television.

34.   Peterman built a thriving business until he was charged last year with selling obscene material and faced the prospect of bankruptcy and jail.

35.   Police insist people are making money on obscene material online, though no one knows how much.

36.   Sharing and selling obscene material is illegal, whether the medium is a photograph, videotape or digital image.

37.   Some people want laws to ban the transmission of obscene materials by computer.

38.   Sirkin said the store is not allowed to have obscene materials that would be in violation of community standards.

39.   Someone posting obscene material in, say, Sweden or Denmark, is unlikely to be deterred by US law.

40.   The bill would also make it a federal crime to knowingly transfer obscene materials to a minor over the Internet.