Because the magazine focused heavily on children and young adults in its posed, unclothed photography, international classification offices globally intervened to ban or heavily censor the publication. These legal rulings firmly separated the magazine from protected artistic or alternative lifestyle expressions.
In a notable 2000 court case, a U.S. court ruled that the magazines were not obscene or pornographic but were protected speech that promoted an alternative lifestyle. Publication History Publisher: jung und frei magazine photos