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Originally Posted by BlueArsedFly

Couple more



And a shot from the notorious Amateur Action BBS, pioneers in digital image vandalism!

http://www.spectacle.org/795/amateur.html

The Ethical Spectacle, July 1995, http://www.spectacle.org
Robert and Carleen Thomas operated a private, commercial bulletin board system called Amateur Action, in Milpitas, California, distributing explicitly sexual GIF files and videotapes. A postal inspector in Memphis, Tennessee, joined their BBS, downloaded GIF's and ordered videotapes. As a result, the Thomases were indicted, tried and convicted in Memphis for having violated local community standards. The indictment involved separate charges for making the GIF's available and for mailing the tapes. The part of the case pertaining to the GIF files apparently stands for the proposition that, before making anything available in cyberspace, you must make sure it conforms to the laws of Tennessee. The Thomases were sentenced to prison and are presently appealing their convictions.