Nina Hartley delivering opening speech at the "Free Speech Coalition Awards Annual Bash Event" - Los Angeles, CA on Nov. 14, 2009

The Free Speech Coalition or, FSC, is a trade association of the pornography and adult entertainment industry in the United States. Founded in 1991, it opposes the passage and enforcement of some censorship laws (with the exception of 'anti-piracy' laws) and obscenity laws.

The organization was founded by a group of concerned industry professionals in response to numerous government attacks against producers and retailers of adult products. Its roots are embedded deep within the birth and development of adult entertainment in the United States, and the organization has continued to grow with the industry’s own explosive growth, now representing all segments of adult entertainment on a national level.

The Free Speech Coalition is the successor of the Adult Film Association of America.

The organization initiated Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, which in 2002 the US Supreme Court decided in the Coalition's favor, overturning as unconstitutional parts of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996.

Issues in which the Free Speech Coalition is currently involved include:

• challenging 2257 regulations in court (Free Speech Coalition v. Gonzales)
• opposing the proposed .xxx top-level domain
• rebutting claims of pornography addiction and harmful "secondary effects" of pornography
• Workplace Safety
• Anti-Piracy

The group performs lobbying in the state of California and on a federal level.

[edit] External links

• Official site

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