[Paleo Conservative]

"[T]he defendants sold allegedly obscene material over the Internet and distributed videotapes and DVDs across state lines through the postal system, a violation of federal law." Sounds like a dumb law on first blush, though.

Perhaps you would prefer these laws be repealed so porno junk mail will fill you mailbox at home the way porno spam fills email inboxes.

[Phantom Lord]

Perhaps you would prefer these laws be repealed so porno junk mail will fill you mailbox at home the way porno spam fills email inboxes.

Ah, they won't be sending you unsolicited porno tapes. And if they wanted to send you junk mail promoting their services, as long as the mail didn't contain the offending images they could do so. Since they are not, it is clear that doing so is not a beneficial marketing strategy and you have no need to worry about your mailbox being stuffed with said items.

[Desmond]

"Perhaps you would prefer these laws be repealed so porno junk mail will fill you mailbox at home the way porno spam fills email inboxes."

The article doesn't say whether the videotapes and DVDs are unsolicited or if they were sold. No, I don't want them sending me unsolicited material a la AOL. However, I should be able to buy a DVD from another state.

Does anyone definitively know what the federal law states?