New law bans images on adult business billboards. One club is suing.

[The Straight Story]

DETROIT -- A new Michigan law, that restricts adult oriented signs from showing graphic photos, has sparked controversy. One strip club is even suing over the issue.

Last Wednesday the legislation, that was pushed by Senator Tupac A. Hunter, took effect. It forces adult entertainment or sexually oriented businesses from putting questionable images on signs that were visible from the outside of the establishment.

According to the new laws, those types of businesses are now only allowed to have words, numbers, and trademarks on the signs. If a company violates those rules, it could be fined up to $10,000.

Now, The Penthouse Club is suing. According to the Associated Press, the Detroit area club says the law violates the club’s freedom of expression.



http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=601881

How about if they just ban the words and leave the pics?

[cali]

1. just ban all billboards. they're shockingly ugly

I'm always appalled by them when I leave Vermont.

[Sherman A1]

3. Agreed

I would love to see just that happen across the country and it would solve this legislator's of message purity. Beyond that I would be willing to bet you could do more with the image of the young lady by just showing her face & eyes getting past the "purity issue" with some different photo editing.

[seabeyond]

5. one can say purity, or continual onslaught of whorifying women for male use... nt

[The Straight Story]

6. meh, those women exercised their body/their choice to be in the ads/etc

Whom am I to deny them that choice?

[Matariki]

15. I wouldn't want my young niece seeing that every day

and messing with her concept of women's role in society and self esteem.

[Rage for Order]

11. I know. Damn that Armani company!!!!

[seabeyond]

13. or

[Rage for Order]

17. You just had to go and do that, didn't you?

Now I'm really outraged!

[seabeyond]

19. lol

for so long i have wanted to answer picture to picture. i just need a sense of balance. BUT.... i never knew how.

well

i know how now. i am sooooo excited, lol

it was so simple and all this time, i was afraid to learn

except, i want it bigger.... can i make it bigger. or is it what it is when you copy the whatever (http?) that you copy?

[Rage for Order]

21. I don't know how to re-size images in posts

Or if that is possible. Certainly DUers who are more tech savvy than I could answer this question for us though

[ejpoeta]

8. you don't have billboards in vermont? wow. that is awesome!

i hate billboards!

[cali]

14. banned in 1968

[FSogol]

2. Wait a minute. Exit I-675 to where?

:blush:

[JoePhilly]

4. That's too funny ...

[Historic NY]

10. and I thought it was just me..

[jberryhill]

18. First thing I noticed on the sign...

I think that might be "ll" instead of "tt".

[Somawas]

7. Good for the Penthouse Club.

Its a clear infringement on free speech rights.

I got no trouble with getting rid of billboards. But I do have problems with regulating what you can say on them.

[tammywammy]

9. Senator Tupac?

He's back from the dead?

[Snoutport]

12. GOOD! My old school, for sexually abused kids had a porn store open

across the street and they put up similar billboards (MUCH smuttier, actually, one man in underwear, a girl in panties and her hand over her breasts) facing our school. Great...here we are trying to help K-6 kids who have been sexually abused and looming over the school is a big billboard selling sex.

It made me sick.

[Matariki]

16. Seriously? A porn shop opened across from a school for sexually abused kids?!

Your city has a serious zoning problem.

[howard112211]

20. First ammendment? Didn't we just argue extensively that burning a book is freedom of expression?

How is this different?

[slackmaster]

22. Tittabawassee????

:rofl:

[Ezlivin]

23. It's a violation of Truth in Advertising

Hint: The woman on the sign is NOT working at the club.