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LoriAnderson · 07-01-2009, 12:07 PM

Sorry if this was already posted...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529732,00.html

PITTSBURGH ? A husband and wife from California will each spend a year and a day in prison for distributing violent sex videos depicting simulated rape and murder.

Robert Zicari and Janet Romano also received two years of supervised release at sentencing Wednesday. They pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to distribute DVDs purchased by an undercover U.S. postal inspector in Pittsburgh.

Zicari and Romano owned Extreme Associates Inc. of Northridge, Calif. The company distributed videos depicting violent sexual encounters.

Defense attorneys contested the government's claim that the material is "sadistic or masochistic" for sentencing purposes but that argument was denied.

Prosecutors say Zicari and Romano were full partners in the company.

pornguy · 07-01-2009, 12:12 PM

One more nail driven deep.

d-null · 07-01-2009, 12:14 PM

using the mail is a whole other business

96ukssob · 07-01-2009, 12:15 PM

who gives a shit unless they are hurting someone.

just more and more US work now being sent over seas

CaptainHowdy · 07-01-2009, 12:15 PM

I bet they never saw that one coming ...............

Manowar · 07-01-2009, 12:17 PM

thats a bit OTT

Rochard · 07-01-2009, 12:22 PM

So it's okay to show a rape on TV - or thousands of people dieing - but to sell a dvd displaying a fake rape is illegal?

LeRoy · 07-01-2009, 12:27 PM

They had to add the one day so it will be prison time not county time. Ouch

Libertine · 07-01-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rochard

So it's okay to show a rape on TV - or thousands of people dieing - but to sell a dvd displaying a fake rape is illegal?

Only if the fake rape in question is shown for purposes of sexual gratification. If it's shown to increase the gore factor in a horror flick, on the other hand, it's perfectly legal.

fujiko · 07-01-2009, 12:56 PM

seems like they had a bad lawyer

sortie · 07-01-2009, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Libertine

Only if the fake rape in question is shown for purposes of sexual gratification. If it's shown to increase the gore factor in a horror flick, on the other hand, it's perfectly legal.

I'd say that is very accurate.

I'm still in favor of not pushing any violent content even in the horror flick and
yet also aware that I am not the "moral police".

sortie · 07-01-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fujiko

seems like they had a bad lawyer

I don't know.

If someone is going against the "cultural tide" then having abstract law on their side
has often failed to help them.

Many interpretations of obscenity laws state that the "cultural tide" is what
will determine what is obscene. "community standards" is explicitly stressed as
a factor in those laws. The "community standard" will be set by the cultural tide
that has swept the community at the time of trial.

In simple words : When it comes to adult entertainment, if "the people" aren't ready
to see it then don't show it.

I'm not arguing what is "right"; I'm just stating what it is.

kane · 07-01-2009, 01:24 PM

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.

Titan · 07-01-2009, 01:41 PM

They are probably getting some prison rape right now

Due · 07-01-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rochard

So it's okay to show a rape on TV - or thousands of people dieing - but to sell a dvd displaying a fake rape is illegal?

Sure thing, just don't put it in an envelope and you are fine

SykkBoy · 07-01-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:

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.

I agree
if you dare the government to come after you, expect them to come after you with both barrels.

The problem with this case is they were physically shipping tapes, so it wasn't an internet-based case.

cherrylula · 07-01-2009, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rochard

So it's okay to show a rape on TV - or thousands of people dieing - but to sell a dvd displaying a fake rape is illegal?

and you could go to amazon.com and order dozens of movies like that right now...

smutnut · 07-01-2009, 02:08 PM

Who gives a fuck?! Move out of that fucking Neo Nazi Facist State

cherrylula · 07-01-2009, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Libertine

Only if the fake rape in question is shown for purposes of sexual gratification. If it's shown to increase the gore factor in a horror flick, on the other hand, it's perfectly legal.

I was just reading some news article about the arrest of a pedophile with a stash of kid underwear catalogs...

ReGGs · 07-01-2009, 02:16 PM

I know where they went wrong. Next time just put an explosion and some robots in the movie and call it Transformers.

SonOfaBeach · 07-01-2009, 03:07 PM

OH CRAP!! Soooo... If I order the Jodie Foster movie "The Accused" from NetFlix - is someone going to jail??

Actually, am I in trouble just for linking to that scene??

Snake Doctor · 07-01-2009, 03:09 PM

What's crazy about Extreme Associates, is that if they had gone to trial and lost, they'd have done 4-5 times more jail time than they would if they had actually raped a girl.

Crazy

kane · 07-01-2009, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SykkBoy2

I agree
if you dare the government to come after you, expect them to come after you with both barrels.

The problem with this case is they were physically shipping tapes, so it wasn't an internet-based case.

Correct, but from what I understand the tapes were ordered from a website so in my eyes it is still the same. There is no community involvement. The only people that know you have that tape and are watching it is you and the people that sold it to you (and anyone you choose to tell or show)

But if you choose to challenge the government you better be ready for a huge fight.

seeandsee · 07-01-2009, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoriAnderson

Sorry if this was already posted...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529732,00.html

PITTSBURGH ? A husband and wife from California will each spend a year and a day in prison for distributing violent sex videos depicting simulated rape and murder.

Robert Zicari and Janet Romano also received two years of supervised release at sentencing Wednesday. They pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to distribute DVDs purchased by an undercover U.S. postal inspector in Pittsburgh.

Zicari and Romano owned Extreme Associates Inc. of Northridge, Calif. The company distributed videos depicting violent sexual encounters.

Defense attorneys contested the government's claim that the material is "sadistic or masochistic" for sentencing purposes but that argument was denied.

Prosecutors say Zicari and Romano were full partners in the company.

omg and sex offenders

Hawkeye · 07-01-2009, 05:35 PM

Welcome to Obama's America.

Supz · 07-01-2009, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

I bet they never saw that one coming ...............

they pleaded guilty. i would say they did.

kane · 07-01-2009, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Welcome to Obama's America.

This case has been going on for about 2 years now. long before Obama was in the white house.

Snake Doctor · 07-01-2009, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Welcome to Obama's America.

Thanks for proving over and over again how utterly and completely stupid you are.

Young · 07-01-2009, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snake Doctor

Thanks for proving over and over again how utterly and completely stupid you are.

622 times now one could assume.

spider_x · 07-01-2009, 08:44 PM

"Retarded Regulation - The Death of America and It's Economy"
by the US DOJ

Bestselling author of "Why Make Sense?"

sortie · 07-02-2009, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Welcome to Obama's America.

People blame the violence in the movie but it was actually the
fried chicken scene that brought them down!

snaker · 07-02-2009, 01:18 AM

"these guys basically asked for it"

Right on, shit....they welcomed it from what I read.

Snake Doctor · 07-02-2009, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snaker

"these guys basically asked for it"

Right on, shit....they welcomed it from what I read.

The irony and hilarity of that statement, considering these were videos depicting rape, is mind boggling.

saucygirl · 07-02-2009, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReGGs

I know where they went wrong. Next time just put an explosion and some robots in the movie and call it Transformers.

Exactly!

Chit Chat · 07-02-2009, 07:36 AM

Serves them right!

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