I can't believe I didn't even know about this. The Dubya administration prosecuted him using a "community standards" postal service entrapment sting left over from the Ronald Wilson Reagan era. I heard about this tonight watching an old documentary on CNBC.
In the end, what got him was mailing 5 DVDs to a customer (a postal inspector) in a conservative area of Florida (the central part - where guys still have sex with their sisters). Even though the DVDs were purchased over the internet (which has no community standards), the community standards of Incestville, Florida were used in the prosecution.
He was originally sentenced to 46 months, which was later reduced due to a sentencing error on the part of the local Nazi judge. He's been in since January 2009, and is apparently getting out this summer.
And what was it that got him? Contrary to popular belief, NONE of his models have ever been underage. The "Sado-masochistic" nature of the porn (golden showers and piss drinking) was what violated community standards.
This really needs to be a lesson to all pornographers out there. If you live in the US, do NOT deliver your porn via postal mail. Sell it over the internet, with DELIVERY over the internet.
In the end, what got him was mailing 5 DVDs to a customer (a postal inspector) in a conservative area of Florida (the central part - where guys still have sex with their sisters). Even though the DVDs were purchased over the internet (which has no community standards), the community standards of Incestville, Florida were used in the prosecution.
He was originally sentenced to 46 months, which was later reduced due to a sentencing error on the part of the local Nazi judge. He's been in since January 2009, and is apparently getting out this summer.
And what was it that got him? Contrary to popular belief, NONE of his models have ever been underage. The "Sado-masochistic" nature of the porn (golden showers and piss drinking) was what violated community standards.
This really needs to be a lesson to all pornographers out there. If you live in the US, do NOT deliver your porn via postal mail. Sell it over the internet, with DELIVERY over the internet.
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