Banning Books Increases Exposure

Attempts to ban books have had much the opposite effect: readership and scholarly attention grows the more negative attention a piece of media gets. 2 Live Crew would like you to know that they figured it out twenty years ago. No word on if it counteracts the legal hell a publisher or author experiences in trying to defend their work, though; even a successful defense against an obscenity charge could bankrupt most small businesses and freelancers.