Max Hardcore is sentenced to 46 months in Federal prison.
And here’s a little more information regarding the case.
Max Hardcore is my friend, and I have performed in one of his videos. I like him. I don’t always agree with him or like his work, but then I don’t always agree with my friends. A lot of my friends make atrocious art, really really bad grin-and-bear-it art. I don’t know how many times I’ve had to sit through really boring films or theater shows, then come out and give my friends a hug because they so badly need validation.
Right now, Max Hardcore needs that hug. He was prosecuted for distributing obscene materials by mail and by internet. Obscenity being defined as amorphous based on community standards makes it almost impossible to reach an agreement as to whether Max Hardcore’s sentence was just or not.
To me this is an attack on freedom of speech. Whether you like his work or not, Max Hardcore does not deserve to go to jail for sending pornos to consenting adults who share his taste in sexual deviance. This case has no identifiable victims, and only serves to terrorize pornographers into the republican mainstream.
I’m not a fan of his work, but I definitely concur that this is a bullshit conviction on bullshit charges by neo-cons trying to intimidate and terrorize the porno industry yet again. This is no different than what’s been inflicted on Larry Flynt…someone who aptly said that the only thing he’s guilty of is “bad taste”.
Max Hardcore’s work is unpleasant to most (including myself), but that doesn’t diminish the seriousness of this issue and the unfair trial he’s had to endure.
Hopefully an appeal will get him out quickly!
A horrible raping of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. A true travesty of justice and it sets a baaaaad precedence…