Digital Commons @ Georgia Law Scholarly Works Faculty Scholarship 1-1-2010 A Dangerous Undertaking Indeed: Juvenile Humor, Raunchy Jokes, Obscene Materials and Bad Taste in Copyright David E. Shipley University of Georgia School of Law,
[email protected] Repository Citation David E. Shipley, A Dangerous Undertaking Indeed: Juvenile Humor, Raunchy Jokes, Obscene Materials and Bad Taste in Copyright , 98 Ky. L.J. 517 (2010), Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/949 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scholarly Works by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Georgia Law. Please share how you have benefited from this access For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A Dangerous Undertaking Indeed: Juvenile Humor, Raunchy Jokes, Obscene Materials and Bad Taste in Copyright David E. Shipley Introduction am in my late 50s and have been a law professor for over thirty years. I I hold a named professorship and I have served as dean at three well- regarded public law schools over a thirteen-year period in my academic career. I have chaired many ABA accreditation site inspections. I spend a great deal of time preparing for class, and I started writing articles again in 003 after my most recent tour as dean ended. I am a fairly serious guy, but I have this statement taped to my office wall: “You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever.”3 I love this saying for a couple of reasons.