Miller case

The Miller case refers to the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in *Miller v. California*, which established the current legal standard for defining obscene material. The Court ruled that for material to be legally considered obscene and thus illegal to distribute, it must meet three criteria: it must appeal to prurient (sexual) interest, depict sexual conduct in an offensive way, and lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. This case clarified how obscenity is judged, balancing free speech rights with community standards of decency.