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Re:MTV News covers "The Internet", video from 1995 by fourspace on Saturday July 30, 2011 @12:34AM (#2824881)
That kind of blew my mind too. Three years in prison for "transmitting porn", prosecuted in a state in which he didn't even reside? WTF.

Here's some more detail from the US Appellate Court: https://www2.bc.edu/~herbeck/cyberlaw.thomas.html

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Re:MTV News covers "The Internet", video from 1995 by aidenn0 on Saturday July 30, 2011 @01:37AM (#2825002)
The main subtlety is that they took personal information when they charged for their content (the decision specifically says there's no squashing of freedom of speech, since they could have screened out people from TN).

Someone signing up with an account from TN is therefore analagous to someone mail-ordering porn from TN, which would also be illegal under this law.

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