Computer crimes

American Criminal Law Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 409-443

  Benson, Carl ^a   Jablon, Andrew V ^a   Kaplan, Paul J ^a   Rosenthal, Mara Elena ^a  

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References (10)

1. 74 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996).
2. Robert and Carleen Thomas were convicted of violating federal obscenity laws, 18 U.S.C. § 1462 and 18 U.S.C. § 1465, as judged by Tennessee community standards. Their BBS allowed paid subscribers who, inter alia, identified their home state as part of an application process, to connect to a California computer via modem and download sexually explicit pictures, order explicit videotapes, and engage in sexually explicit on-line "chats." Id. at 704.
3. Id. at 709.
4. Id. at 710.
5. ACLU, 929 F. Supp. at 845-8.
6. Id. at 865.
7. 937 F. Supp. 295 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).
8. 937 F. Supp. 161 (D. Conn. 1996).
9. 89 F.3d 1257 (6th Cir. 1996).
10. For a discussion of the CompuServe and Inset cases and the issues raised therein, see Richard Baysman and Peter Brown, Resolving Jurisdiction and Venue Issues on the Internet, N.Y. L.J., Sept. 10, 1996 at 3.