I'm not blaming anyone, just saying stop making Clinton out to be such a savior and the fact he ignored obscenity as a godsend. I'm sure if Max went to a lawyer and said "will I get prosecuted for this stuff?" the answer would have been "without a doubt". Government shouldn't give people a false expectation that they won't be prosecuted.

All that said, the obscenity decisions (based on people going to a stroke house) are obsolete in the age of the internet. It is not illegal to posess Max's films in the privacy of your own home. I see no government interest in prosecuting him for mailing them.