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Old 01-19-2012, 05:02 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham View Post
Just because they were not prosecuted doesn't mean they couldn't of been. I was in the business during the Traci Lords episode. A lot of shop owners were scared of ending up in prison. For accidentally selling child porn. Go read the law.
read the case law the producers and distributors were aquitted of the crime because they were fooled by fake ids.

the "pirates" who were honeypotted into infringing paid up.

If the law was balanced the lack of mental intent would have voided the transaction at the discovery phase.
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