Gene has something on the Jaded issue:

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“The other interesting aspect of this case is the situation with Jaded Video,” says The Vizier. “They sold the DVD’s, and now they’re getting immunity to testify against Max.”


“The government, in its case, showed how they ordered the DVD’s from a link on Max’s site back to Jaded’s. They ordered from Jaded and paid them. And Jaded shipped them. So why is Max on trial? Interesting, huh?”


According to The Vizier who knows something of the background of this case, when Max first talked to Jim the owner of Jaded Video and Andrew, the ex-partner, Max told them up front they were taking their chances by shipping the product.


“One of the reasons that Max went with outside vendors is because he got popped before in 1999 on his state case,” explains The Vizier.


“Max didn’t hide that fact from them. And Jaded agreed to sell them, stating that’s why they were charging so much for the product. These were the Euro versions, we’re talking about, and Max was always of the belief they should be sold in this country. But after he got popped selling them Max said it was too much trouble. Jim then approached Max about selling them on the Jaded website. They said they wanted the Euro versions and knew the risks.”


[In the whole time Max has been doing business, he’s had only one return from a dissatisfied customer- and that was from a blind guy.]


Smelling a rat, the Vizier suspects that Jaded Video had been working all along for the government to set Max up and that’s why they’re getting the immunity.


“This immunity deal is signed by Andrew Oosterbaan. You better believe Max was set up. This whole Tampa venue is a government scam.”


“Another thing that stinks is that on Max’s website there’s a warning to say that the material is for adults only and that it's illegal to continue on the site if adult is illegal in your neighborhood in violation of the community standards. So the government had to break the law to get Max to break the law.”





http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=28325

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If nothing else, it seems to explain why Jim Jaded's been MIA the last several months.