Ran across this interesting article in the Post:
The Google Ogle Defense: A Search for America's Psyche - washingtonpost.com
It's about a recent court case in Pensacola, Florida where a man was charged with violating obscenity laws by creating & selling internet porn. His lawyer was planning on using google metrics from the Pensacola area to show that people searched for purportedly obscene topics like "orgy" significantly more than more mundane topics like "apple pie" and "boating." Therefore, the community standard definition of obscene should be a lot narrower than the prosecution was arguing. The case was eventually settled out of court, so the defense was never presented in court. However, I'm sure it's not long before we see the google defense used actively in a similar court case.
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