Jack Horny News: Porn Was Legalized 50 Years Ago, This Is How The Business Has Changed

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/frankicookney/2019/10/20/porn-was-legalized-50-years-ago-this-is-how-the-business-has-changed/#110ad733ec7e

Forbes:

Fifty years ago something new and exciting was taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Scandinavian country had lifted the ban on pornography on July 1, 1969, and on October 21, 1969, the world’s first pornography trade show was about to kick off.

Reporting on the trade show, the UK’s Observer newspaper wrote that Denmark’s export market for sex books and films was already worth $3.8 million a year. In the U.S. the open sale, exhibition, and distribution of porn was still prohibited. The 1969 Stanley v Georgia ruling helped establish the “right to privacy,” which meant individuals could not be convicted merely for possessing obscene materials, but the nature and definition of “obscenity” was being, had long been, and would continue to be thrashed out in the courts.