of their speech based on geography. Therefore, the plaintiffs claimed, a person posting sexually explicit material on the Internet could be found criminally liable according to the standards of the most restrictive community in the country. This, Nitke said, would chill her freedom of speech and therefore violate her First Amendment rights. A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York conducted a trial, and in 2005 found that Nitke and the NCSF had presented insufficient evidence that the variation in community standards was substantial enough to chill the plaintiffs' speech. On March 20, 2006, the Supreme Court affirmed that ruling without opinion. Awards In 2001 she (and Kent Arnold and Daddy Nick Golden) received a President's Award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards. Books Kiss of Fire: A Romantic View of Sadomasochism. New York, NY: Pierrot, 2003. Barbara Nitke: American Ecstasy. New York, NY: Pierrot, 2012. Exhibitions 2014: American Ecstasy, One Eyed Jacks, Brighton, England. See also Free speech Telecommunications Act of 1996 Fetish photographer Erotic art References External links 'Barbara Nitke: Porn's On Set Photographer' (includes audio interview) NCSF press release: Supreme Court Appeal for Communications Decency Act, Washington Post, 2006 New York Times “An Online Artist Challenges Obscenity Law” Harper's Magazine, Nitke on food and sex The New York Observer "The Sweetheart of S. and M." Metroland “Is the Bible Belt your 'Local Community?'” Nitke interview with sexuality.about.com 1950 births BDSM photographers Living people Fetish photographers American erotic photographers American women photographers 21st-century American women