(Before I get much further into this, I should probably point out that I'm an American citizen, and therefore while considerations have been made about other countries, the bulk of this will focus on legalities of my native country)
In the United States and often in most countries with a developed human rights scheme, some form of protection for art (whether visual, performed, or written) has been allowed, and in many cases celebrated. After all, who would be stupid enough, in this day and age to ban people from seeing the statue David, despite the clear view of his testicles? Michelangelo produced something of beauty, which people try to co