Which of the following best describes the verdict of the 1915 Mutual case?
A) Movies are not subject to First Amendment constitutional protections because they are an entertaining "social force," unlike the press.
B) Movies are subject to the currents of a free market system; the purchasing decisions of consumers will decide who or what is objectionable.
C) Movies are protected by the First Amendment but can be censored by individual municipalities via the legal mechanism of states' rights.
D) Movies are protected by the First Amendment, but studios should continue their practice of self-censorship in order to ensure the production of morally uplifting material for the public's consumption.
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