:51:02
I think the two industries
have got to merge together,
:51:04
(Lovelace)
Thank you for making me
:51:06
the first woman president
to go down in history,
:51:10
(Bart)
They were shooting porn films
on the lot at Paramount,
:51:13
This is a little known fact.
:51:15
So Paramount became sort of
confiscated by
the porn industry.
:51:18
(reporter)
Do you see yourself
as a pioneer?
:51:20
(Damiano)
No,
:51:21
If it's left alone,
within a year,
:51:23
sex will just blend itself
into film,
:51:26
lt's inevitable.
:51:27
The only thing
that's uncertain
is--is the time it will take.
:51:31
(Hopper)
But the merger of hardcore
and movies never happened,
:51:34
Instead, the Supreme Court,
packed with
4 Nixon appointees,
:51:38
made a radical change
to the obscenity law
:51:40
in June 1973,
:51:45
Yesterday, the Supreme Court
authorized wider restrictions
:51:48
on the exhibition
and sale of obscenity.
:51:51
(male announcer)
The recent Supreme Court
decision
:51:53
gave local officials the right
to decide for themselves
what is pornographic
:51:57
without having to be guided
by a national standard,
:52:01
[police siren wailing]
:52:04
(Mudd)
Here in New York City today,
:52:05
vice squad police
began cracking down
on pornography.
:52:11
[police sirens
continue wailing]
:52:14
(reporter)
Linda, as you may know,
the Supreme Court recently,
:52:17
uh, handed down
a, uh,
decision on pornography.
:52:21
l don't think
anybody should
regulate anything.
:52:24
l think it should be, uh,
:52:25
l don't believe in censorship.
l don't believe in
anything that they are doing.
:52:29
But how far can you extend
individual rights
:52:31
before you hit, uh,
the state of anarchy?
:52:33
Uh, l really... l don't know.
:52:35
Have you ever
thought about that?
:52:37
No. l don't know what's
the state of ana-anarchy.
:52:40
well, it's...
That's when everyone does
precisely what he pleases
:52:43
and, uh,
society has no rules.
:52:45
At that point,
you've reached anarchy.
:52:48
Uh, l don't know
about that,
to be honest with you.
:52:50
l just don't believe
in censorship.
:52:52
l don't...
That's taking away
your freedom.
:52:54
That's taking away
your individual right
:52:56
to make up your own mind
for things.
:52:57
The last person
that started censorship
was Adolf Hitler.