Friday, October 07, 2005

The War on Porn: Max Hardcore Offices Raided by FBI; Servers, Tapes Seized

Remember that little porn task force I posted about a while back? Looks like they're moving ahead, fearlessly protecting Americans from the evils of fisting, golden showers, and fake schoolgirls.

The offices of Max Hardcore’s Max World Entertainment were raided Wednesday under the authority of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Justice Department.

The FBI seized five video titles, Hardcore’s attorney Jeffrey Douglas told XBiz, including “Pure Max #16,” (European version), “Max Hardcore Fists of Fury #3,” “Max Hardcore Extreme Schoolgirls #6,” (European version), “Max Hardcore Golden Guzzlers #5” and “Max Hardcore Golden Guzzlers #6.”

Additionally, the FBI seized all servers belonging to Hardcore with the purpose of copying and returning them, Douglas said. It is not yet known what other office items have been taken as the investigation is ongoing.

By Thursday afternoon, Hardcore's servers had been returned and the website was active.

Hardcore was not present at the time of the raid, and according to Douglas, is presently attending a trade show in Barcelona, Spain.

Douglas said this is the first federal obscenity investigation involving Hardcore and is in any way related to 2257 record-keeping enforcement.

“Once again the government is wasting tax dollars and otherwise invaluable law enforcement resources to try to force a minority view of morality on all of America,” Hardcore said in a statement. “Five of my movies have been targeted by the federal ‘prude’ patrol. There is no indication of any crime to be alleged except obscenity. If indicted, I will fight to protect my liberty as well as the liberty of consenting adults to watch other adults engage in lawful, consensual, pleasurable sexual action. Shame on the Department of Justice. I am proud of my movies and of those who sell them.”

Posted by crimnos @ 2:23 PM

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Psht. Porn is a BILLION dollar industry that is NEVER going to be broken. It's like the war on drugs. What a REAL waste of tax payer dollars.

Posted by Blogger Handsome B. Wonderful @ 2:32 PM #
 

Exactly. I just can't see the point in prosecuting this kind of thing. How about we focus on what really matters - the people. Imagine the kind of good the money they're spending could do.

Posted by Blogger crimnos @ 2:51 PM #
 
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