Traf icking in pornography: To produce, sel , exhibit, or
distribute pornography, including through private clubs.
(i) City, state, and federally funded public libraries or
private and public university and college libraries in which
pornography is available for study, including on open
shelves but excluding special display presentations, shall not
be construed to be trafficking in pornography.
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(i ) Isolated passages or isolated parts shal not be actionable
under this section.
(i i) Any woman has a claim hereunder as a woman acting
against the subordination of women. Any man, child, or
transsexual who al eges injury by pornography in the way
women are injured by it also has a claim.
c. Forcing pornography on a person: To force pornography on
a person, including child or transsexual, in any place of
employment, education, home, or public place. Complaint(s)
may be made against the perpetrator of the force and/or
institution responsible for the force only.
d. Assault or physical at ack due to pornography: To assault,
physical y at ack, or injure any person, including child or
transsexual, in a way that is directly caused by specific
pornography. Complaint(s) may be made against the
perpetrator of the assault or at ack and/or against the maker(s),
distributor^), sel er(s), and/or exhibitor(s) of the specific
pornography.
e. Defenses: It shal not be a defense to an action under (18)a-d
that the defendant did not know or intend that the materials
were pornography or sex discrimination.
No damages or compensation for losses shal be recoverable
under 18(b), or other than against the perpetrator of the
assault or at ack under 18(d), unless the defendant knew or
had reason to know that the materials were pornography.
In actions under 18(b) or other than against the perpetrator of
the assault or at ack under 18(d), no damages or compensation
or losses shal be recoverable against maker(s) for pornography
made, against distributor^) for pornography distributed,
against sel er(s) for pornography sold, or against exhibitor(s)
for pornography exhibited, prior to the effective date of this
law.
Section 3: RELIEF: §D. (4. ) of Chapter 25, “Human Rights, ” shal
be amended to add:
c. (i) In actions under Sec. 18(b), and other than against the
perpetrator of the assault or at ack under 18(d), no temporary
or permanent injunction shal issue prior to a final judicial
determination that the challenged activities constitute a
