A lawsuit alleging Colorado libraries gave kids easy access to pornography is over less than six months after it started.

Pornography is Not Education, a group of Cherry Creek School District parents, sued EBSCO Information Services and the Colorado Library Consortium in October, alleging the Massachusetts-based company made pornographic material available through the research databases it provides to schools and libraries, including through the Colorado consortium.

The Cherry Creek district dropped EBSCO as its database provider following parent pressure.

The parent group, which had legal representation from the conservative Thomas More Society, agreed to dismiss the suit with prejudice in Arapahoe County District Court on Feb. 27, meaning it can’t sue again based on the same claims.

A statement from the More Society said the parents still believe that EBSCO knowingly provided children access to pornography and the Colorado Library Consortium aided the company, but they didn’t want to risk paying the defendants’ legal fees if a judge ruled against them. It also said EBSCO had modified its practices in response to the lawsuit.

“For these reasons, the parents’ group has decided this is not the time or place to push further with this type of lawsuit,” the More Society said in a written statement.

Kathleen McEvoy, vice president of communications at EBSCO, said the company is pleased the lawsuit was dismissed. The databases don’t include pornography, she said, though they may allow access to information that some people deem sensitive.

“We are always mindful of issues around censorship and always remain neutral on topics,” McEvoy said in a written statement. “Since viewpoints differ around the globe, EBSCO enables individual libraries and school districts to control the content they provide to students and makes it possible for customers to remove titles from their EBSCO databases.”

Jim Duncan, executive director of the library consortium, said pressure by the parents resulted in Cherry Creek students losing access to “several thousand” magazines, newspapers and electronic resources they could use for school research. The consortium spent about $35,000 — which would supply a small library with new materials for seven years — defending the lawsuit, he said.

“Money and time spent on (the consortium’s) legal defense in this frivolous lawsuit could have been better used to support schools, libraries and our communities,” he said in a written statement.