The state of Virginia told a federal appeals court it has to keep state workers from wasting money and wasting time. Thats why a law was passed in 1996 making it a crime for state employees to visit any Web site with sexually explicit material unless it is absolutely necessary for a "a bona fide, agency-approved research product or other agency-approved undertaking." \n Six university college professors sued the state, insisting the law violated employees rights to free speech. A federal district court ruled in favor of the "Virginia 6" last February but the state refused to accept the decision. Recently, both sides argued an appeal before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. \n This has nothing to do with the First Amendment, said William Hurd of behalf of state attorney general Mark L. Earley. He said the state simply has the responsibility to supervise the people who work for it. \n Earley, who did not attend the hearing, said Virginia taxpayers shouldnt be forced to pay for state workers who choose to download Internet porn while on the job. \n Marjorie Heins of New York, a lawyer for the professors, countered that Virginia should have passed a law that made it a crime to use the Internet for anything that wasnt related to job duties and not just single out sexually explicit sites. \n Under Virginias law, she said, a professor of political science risks arrest for going to a government Web site and reading the report of special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Similarly, professors of art and literature said their studies and research may take them into sexually explicit areas. \n For example, Terry Meyers, chairman of the English department at the College of William and Mary and one of the Virginia 6, is an authority on Algernon Charles Swinburne, a Victorian poet whose works include references to lesbianism and necrophilia. The Virginia law would prevent him for using his state-owned computer to access the writings of the poet without first getting permission of the dean.
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
