Originally Posted by kane

these guys basically asked for it. This case has been going on for a while. There was a story on (I think) Frontline about them where they basically dared the government to come after them. If you ask for the bull, sometimes you get the horns.

It is pretty stupid though. Everyone involved are consenting adults and it goes back to my belief that the community standard rule shouldn't be allowed to be used in cases involving the internet because there is no community involvement.

That said I think the way sentencing goes if they got 1 year they would have to serve at least 9 months of it. With 1 year and 1 day they can be eligible for parole a lot sooner.