You don't get it.
With 2257 on the books, the prosecutors can bring dual charges of obscenity and 2257 violations to bear on content producers. If you beat the obscenity charges, you are still facing the 2257 violations which are mandatory 5 and 10 year sentences.
So, why would you fight the obscenity charges if you are going to jail for a long time anyways on 2257's mandatory sentences? There is no pleading innocent to 2257.
Your best option would be to plea bargain, make a deal, and plead guilty to obscenity for a lesser term having the 2257 charges eliminated or reduced to a single charge of 5 years.
Please note that the pleading guilty to obscenity would set a precedent for future prosecutions and allow forfeiture and seizure of all your assets that can be traced to the product if I recall correctly.
For content producers, this is a no-win scenario. For the government, they have boiler-plate prosecutions, avoid lengthy trials, get to seize a ton of cash, look good in the eyes of the ultra conservatives, and win-win-win their cases.
