In Anarcho-World witnesses and third parties don't have to give evidence lessen they feels like it!!
The question of whether the feds should regulate it is a seperate matter. Mojave, I would like to know:
A) Why is it a good idea? Why is it better to handle this matter on a national rather than a local level?
B) I hate to dredge up Klintonian sophistry, but who would be the controlling legal authority? Would we create a cabinet level porn czar? Would we set up some agency? Would the DOJ handle it through civil actions? Would we have a congressional committee decide for us what constitutes indecency?
C) How would you determine what is porn and what isn't? Surely the central panel of Garden of Earthly Delights by Heironymous Bosch would qualify as indecent, as would the works of the Marquis de Sade and the Roman poet Martial. If educational pictures of gynecological exams were posted on a fetish site would they qualify as porn? Would you just regulate graphical content, or literary as well? If it's only graphical content you want to place limits on, where will you draw the line? Bestiality? Sodomy? Mere penetration? Nude pictures? Victoria's Secret catalogs?
D) Due to the international nature of internet communications, how do plan to enforce your regulations with regard to foreign operators? Would one run afoul of the law by opening a spam email containing illicit material? Will we invade foreign countries to shut down pornographers?
E) What will the penalties be? Are you going to send people to prison? If so, which ones? The pornographers themselves, or anybody who stumbles across an obscene web page? How about 3rd party hosting?
F) To what lengths will you go from an executive standpoint? Will RICO be used to enforce these laws? How about the Patriot Act?