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outlier -> Calif couple found guilty in Penn, Sadistic Obscene Material (7/4/2009 10:48:01 AM)

A California couple were sentenced to a year and a day plus probation
in Pennsylvania for distributing a video they made.  The video was found
to be obscene by the community standards of Pennsylvania, therefore obscene.

"The couple were indicted in 2003 after a grand jury concluded their videos met the
U.S. Supreme Court's definition of obscenity. In 2005, (Judge) Lancaster dismissed the charges,
saying companies have a right to distribute the videos because people can legally view them at home.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, however, reinstated the indictment."

Story here:  California porn dealers sentenced in western Pa.

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DarkSteven -> RE: Calif couple found guilty in Penn, Sadistic Obscene Material (7/4/2009 11:23:00 AM)

A very slippery slope... this was viewed as a porn movie with excessive violence.  If it had been viewed as a horror movie with lots of sex and nudity, it should have been fine.




Lorr47 -> RE: Calif couple found guilty in Penn, Sadistic Obscene Material (7/4/2009 2:02:23 PM)

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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

A very slippery slope... this was viewed as a porn movie with excessive violence.  If it had been viewed as a horror movie with lots of sex and nudity, it should have been fine.


Good point.




pahunkboy -> RE: Calif couple found guilty in Penn, Sadistic Obscene Material (7/4/2009 3:19:24 PM)

...sometimes these types of pieces are meant to fuel the left-right, liberal-conservative divide.

It is hard to know on this one.




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