Company Sues to Show Cockfighting on Internet

A company that broadcasts cockfights on the Internet filed suit in federal court in Miami to challenge a largely untested federal law that makes it a crime to sell depictions of animal cruelty. Tthe question of whether the First Amendment allows the government to ban depictions of illegal conduct, as opposed to the conduct itself, is a difficult one, legal experts said.

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