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Originally Posted by stag44
Its a question of degree............ If the police are looking to close down an operation and the rep is the only one based in the US then he will be done... as he has initiated actions.....
If they get the owner, content provider, wm and rep in 1 fell swoop i expect they could be charged with the same offence, but the sentences would reflect the levels of ownership, responsibility etc.....
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look at past obscenity prosecutions.... i don't think you will find many employees arrested for a simple obscenity prosecution. (with the exception of the ray guhn clowns saying "uhmm.. yeah, its all 100% bullshit... and all the guns and drugs were totally legal") - which isn't only an obscenity case.
its definately an interesting question, but i just can't imagine a situation where an employee of a foreign company would get arrested in the US for that companies activities unless it was a very extreme situation and that employee was proven to be 100% complicit in the commission of illegal acts on behalf of the company and it was very clear that employee knew they were breaking the law. i dont mean gray "obscenity" type stuff... i mean it would have to be something much more black and white and defensible by the government to prosecute such a case. furthermore, i doubt they would ever attempt to test questionable laws by prosecuting a non US citizen. the government likes high profile, slam dunk cases. obscenity is generally a loser for them unless they can attach other prosecutable, felony counts.
just my opinion. i'm not a lawyer... i'm just an asshole
