"Baal" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in message
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> Merlin wrote in alt.fan.frank.mccoy on Thursday 28 February 2008 16:15
> in Message-ID: <Gcednea_Vo_wuVranZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@comcast.com>:
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>> What about the tens of thousands of porn sites that have a
>> gazillion links to every kind of obscenity imaginable, in full color?
>>
>> What it is I am not understanding about how that is different than
>> what Frank McCoy is accused of?
>
> Well, right now, to the best of my knowledge, it is _not_ illegal to post
> links; at least, this has not yet been tested out in court. I see two
> separate potential scenarios:
>
> 1) The authorities want to crack down on 'obscenity', but the laws
> covering links were drafted long before the invention of the web.
> They may be using this as a test case; if Frank is convicted, then this
> jurisprudence can be applied more broadly to cover the larger range of
> 'adult' materials out there.
>
> 2) Due to First Amendment issues, the authorities may be unsure if they
> can obtain a conviction on purely text materials; this may be why they
> are using an obscure, little known provision of the obscenity laws to
> try to convict Frank.
>
> Take your pick--only the authorities know for sure what their motivations
> are. There may even be /other/ scenarios I haven't thought of--only they
> know for sure. We'll just have to see what happens in the court case.
I'm hoping Frank wins and then sues the prosecutor for malicious prosecution
like the Duke LaCross players did to Durham NC prosecutor Mike Nifong.
It cost him his job, law license and he's facing a 30 million dollar
lawsuit.
He tried filing bankruptcy but was turned down as he had too many assets.
Hehehe.
> Baal <Baal@Usenet.org>
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