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The fact that they showed the jury porn in an uptight state like Florida was just grounds for a lynching/conviction. This whole situation is bad for the porn industry and could lead to further unnecessary trials, convictions and the end of the industry as a whole. The government should take their hands of porn and focus on the economy, ending the war and the other multitude of problems. My thoughts are with Max.



"the end of the whole industry?" :roll eyes: that's stretching.

For starters, if Max had never mailed out his own content to Florida but rather sent the latest condom-clad Wicked production, complete with trademark soft lens filters (looking like vaseline was smeared over the lens) candle lighting, film grain effect and played out time fighter boxcover girl like Jessica Drake or Stormy Daniels, I don't think he would've ever found himself inside any courtroom.

As well, the amount of state and federal tax revenues generated by the porn industry -- at least assuming the gross revenue figures in the paper are to be believed -- means the industry as a whole isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Put another way, ever give a piece of steak to a dog but then teasingly try to take it back? I don't think the government will sacrifice hundreds of millions or more per year so some department or agency can make a name for having 'cleaned up' porn valley. Tax revenues paid to the government are also exponentially more than when the "porn industry" as we know it today was in its infancy and the government had nothing to lose by throwing jabs in courtrooms based on technicalities.

Another issue is big media companies like Time Warner, big hotel chains, satellite and cable companies all have a lot at stake since they make nice profits piping adult movies into homes and hotel rooms, but they don't talk about it in their company reports. No taking the steak back from those dogs either. Factor in this era of online porn, and the cat's not just out of the bag, but there is no bag anymore to put it back into. Making porn 'illegal' in america, and much like anything else you outlaw, only makes it more expensive rather than eliminates it. Web traffic would simply divert to other parts of the world that would staff up to meet demand.

I'm not saying the industry should ever let its guard down, but likewise it's not going anywhere given too many people have their hand in the purse.

Max is one thing; the rest of the industry is another. He's a victim (i use that term loosely) of circumstance in becoming a pet project of prosecutors, and I'm guessing unfairly targeted because his material appears so over-the-top especially to people that have never seen porn before, not to mention agenda-biased prosecutors trying to play hero and free Susie Victim from the yellow couch.