In the US something is not legally obscene just because it is pornographic. It has to stray outside what the average adult in a community would deem to be acceptable for normal sexual gratification. The fact that the normal adult's view of sex varies from place to place is what causes all of the confusion.

Right now people use the number of adult businesses and they types of content they carry as a bellweather of sorts to guess what that community might deem as obscene. This is a problem in places like Oklahoma where such stops are banned and one could argue the two naked people kissing would be considered obscene.

Still, we all know that there is plenty of pornography in Oklahoma. The internet isn't banned after all. The same goes for other states that heavily regulate pornography sale and production. Porn shops can't operate in Oklahoma because there are no porn shops in Oklahoma.

What if there were a more accurate way to measure a community's interest and acceptance -by-usage of hardcore pornography on the internet?

If it was determined that it could be used to further the cause of free speech and reduce regulation on our industry would you share the zip codes of your subscribers with a independent organization like FSC. The zip codes would be compiled based on category. Therefor is a prosecutor tried to argue that gay porn is considered obscene by the people of Oklahoma City FSC could counter by pointing out 10,000 households paid for gay porn last month....

I understand privacy and trade secret concerns but no personally identifiable data would be shared and site-specific numbers would not be released....

Any thoughts? Is it possible? would it matter? would you participate?