by Jeffrey J. Douglas

About the author: Jeffrey J. Douglas is a criminal defense attorney and the Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association for the adult entertainment industry.

Editor’s note: The following viewpoint was originally delivered before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection on September 11, 1998.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you as a representative of the adult entertainment industry. . . . I am a criminal defense attorney in Santa Monica, California, and the Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition, the trade association of the adult entertainment industry.

Established in 1991, the trade association has a two-fold mission. First, to improve the quality of life for the people who create, manufacture, distribute and sell sexually-oriented products and services. The second part of our mission is to improve...