Gross Obscenity, Net Porn

The Mainstream Pollution of Netflix

In the 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court oversaw a series of so-called "obscenity cases," in which various films, books, and other material faced court inspection to judge their moral worth (or lack thereof). The cases led to some pretty entertaining definitions of what constitutes obscenity, but perhaps the best is that of Justice Potter Stewart, a former naval officer, who famously quipped of hardcore porn, "I know it when I see it."

It seems that the powers-that-be at various pornography distribution websites also "know it when they see it," and have decided...