Couple gets prison time for Internet obscenity, page 1

The pornographer and star of the Max Hardcore series was convicted of a Federal Case based on a similiar prosecution about 8 months ago in Tallahassee Florida.

The Max Hardcore series as it's name might suggest featured sexual acts most people typically don't 'get' to enjoy.

I can't remember who it was but another well known pornographer that specialized in D/s and BDSM films was charged with a similiar suit shortly after that and also convicted.

Both Prosecutors, both Judges and both Juries found that nature of the films and the acts depicted to be highly offensive to them.

This is part of a continueing trend of the Federal and now State Governments not so much legislating morality but what is appropriate sexual behavior.

Even though neither company operated or filmed in the Federal Districts that the defendants were prosecuted in, in each case those jurisdictions claimed because the films and video were for sale to members of that community through the mail or internet that they had jurisdiction to prosecute these pornographers as a crime.

This is a very disturbing trend that infringes on the right to free expression.

As long as the actors are paid and consenting adults and the people purchasing or accessing the material are consenting adults it truly is not the government's business.

Pornographers Lizzy Borden and Rob Black (a.k.a. Robert Zicari and Janet Romano) today entered guilty pleas in the obscenity case that they have been fighting in court since 2003.

Time Magazine has said that "even among hardcore pornographers, Rob Black is considered a sleazebag," which would imply, of course, that all hardcore pornographers are sleazy--and we happen to know several who are totally upstanding citizens! But Black and Borden's work, which includes extremely rough and scary depictions of rape, torture and "the depths of human depravity" garnered the attention of the Justice Department under John Ashcroft, made them household names in Congress, landing them on PBS and Nightline.

Longest Running Obscenity Trial in History

Tampa, Florida (October 3, 2008): The infamous pornographer Max Hardcore was convicted in a federal court in Tampa, Florida for producing fetish videos featuring scat and urine, as well as "humiliation" videos featuring the infliction of pain and degrading sex acts on his female "co-stars." The man who had beat a federal kiddy porn rap back in 2002 was convicted on June 5, 2008 on federal charges of distributing obscenity via the Internet and the U.S. mails. His sentencing was postponed until October, during which time he cranked out another two of his nasty videos.

Max Hardcore Sentenced to Jail

While a lot of people (maybe even ATS) might say such films and people are too over the top...who then ultimately decides what isn't taboo sexually amongst consenting adults and where does it end?

Hopefully not with test tubes!