For most practitioners, BDSM is play acting. It's cowboys and indians. This is what the authorities, the lawmakers, and the public never seems to "get."

Personally, I think BDSM is childish and ridiculous, but as long as it's consensual, I have no more objection to it than I would to an obsession with chess or paintball wars.

YNOTBob and myself are getting Steve Sweet on as a special guest today on the YNOTBob Humpday Lunch radio show. Might even be able to get his lawyer on as well. It'll be great to hear his side of the story... check it out today at noon pacific time at http://www.albumside.com

remember you can get away with allot in this country. Canada is a haven for criminals.

if Sweets lose, i predict fines and thats it.Obscenity laws are difficult to enforce here.

you can do murder in this country and be out of jail in an amount of years that can be counted on my hands.

Wow.

This is why most content providers shoot shit content.

No value for the fetish, only dollar signs $$$

Real bondage is not childish or ridiculous, funny coming from a content provider.

LMAO :1orglaugh

Most fetishes appear ridiculous to people outside them. In that regard, big boobs, heels & hose, BDSM, and infantilism are all on a level playing field. And, yeah, I stick with content I understand. You're right in that regard.

Would you call it Sweet Peaches?

It would be a bukkake series with whining and hanging on to everyone, and we'd call it "Cling Peaches in Sweet Syrup" :)

I would think that a legal fight of this magnitude you are talking big bucks, $200k+. Do the sweets have this kind of $, or will they run to Amsterdam? Wonder if they are having their passports held?

I think Steve has been irresponsible, and basically given the law the middle finger for some time now. Nomrally I could care a less, but this will bring the entire porn industry in Vancouver area under the microscope, which is NEVER a good thing.

I am hopping on a plane up there in a few hours, I hear this story is ALL over the news and papers and the media field day has only begun.

Steve Sweet is on YNOT BOB's Show

That's funny I can't think of better place to go hide bullshit about this case today. weeding through the BS on this show should be pretty interesting...since most of the show itself is not steeped in any webmaster information that is pertinent just people's opinions,and plagiarism.

Why is it that YNOT comes to the aid of everyone that pushes obscenity? Do they dole out huge amounts of money to fight the GOOD FIGHT?

MIke Jones- Did YNOT pay for your assistance in your legal woes?
I thought FM came to your aid......

Max Hardcore? They seemed to cover that issue very closely as well as i have seen him at their events.

Frankies Angels........a person who has a smoking weed site as well as a teeny site...

Then I read about Steve from Lightspeed University ( a big fan of YNOT ) on Luke Ford or something supporting kiddie porn sites (which is untrue)
they may have some keywrods that are questionable...however

I guess what my real question here is why are the guys who are supposed to be cleaning up the business and making sure everyone is clean getting their hands dirty with so many of these people?

Are they media whores? for the underdog? or just plain in the dark about who to associate with and who not to associate with?

It's all interesting fodder and I would welcome someone else's take on this as well....

Being that I worked, represented , and help sell YNOT off I do care about the integrity of the site...for Christ sake I still get paid on it monthly ( bad deal)

But PLEASE don't put yourselves on soap boxes as the credible webmaster destination if you are not financially giving back or helpiong...

Press and radio shows don't help this situation it ONLY harms it.

KB, why on earth do you refer to Lightspeed in pretty much every post you've made on the subject?

I don't see the relevance of what Steve does compared to what the Sweets do -- Lightspeed isn't in Canada, they don't have fetish sites, they most likely have cleared what they do shoot with their attorney, so your parallel is more like a perpendicular line...

And as for some people comments on the Sweets situation, there's a saying my granny has, it goes like this -- 'there but for the grace of God go I'...

Other companies in this industry have come under fire for various reasons, big US government bodies have come after them, the cc companies are cracking down on everyone due to some people's actions, shit happens. There is a reason this business is called high risk, and if you can't stomach it then get out.

The hypocrisy is just too fucking funny.

Pipe-Squeek you're working hard at being a smart ass again.

I don't plan on retiring anytime soon! And that has nothing to do with Sweet.

Dood I could beat you down in 5 mins! haha

I for once agree with KB. He is actually making alot of sense today!

People who stick their necks out too far, eventually get it chopped off. I am sure Sweets are just the first to run into some legal problems. Lightspeed does what they do with the pigtails, and such.

I am not passing judgment, but I would imagine it could cause them some problems in the future. I know our lawyer says no pig tails, no portraying models to look under 18, even if they are 80.

If they've seized all their computers, I wonder what else will be found on those machines....

hopefully all the SWEET computers have licensed software....

Exactly - its really funny to see all the shit coming out of peoples mouths now.

Exactly.....

Paul,

You should probably talk to your lawyer before continuing to use this forum as a platform to voice your opinions about this matter.

If the police are smart, they'll be searching forums like this, and you'll be accountable for everything that is said...

What the Sweet Entertainment Group produces and what is allowed by the CRTC (our FTC) are not in anywhere near the same ballpark.

Interesting how different US states define obscenity. Some are strictly Miller test, like Arizona. Some are not, like Kentucky, Texas and Mississippi are quite concerned with distribution of obscene materials. Some, like Montana and New Mexico don't have any obscenity laws.

http://www.moralityinmedia.org/nolc/...tutesIndex.htm

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Everyone please read this again. There are NO....let me repeat that N O rape charges.

Also there are No....N O charges for
- fisting
-pissing
- degradation


There are 2 charges on 3 scenes in our BDSM feed SadoSlaves. Each of those scenes involves Needles/piercings on the girls.

None of our content features Rape or girls being held against their will - besides the fact that they are tied up. Lets go over that again. No Rape. No rape is depicted.

There is no dialogue of a girl begging to be let go, they never say "NO" - in all our footage this is true. In the BDSM footage they cry and scream. Thats in the script. Most of the "torture" devices are fake - just like Bangbus...its a script. The electric cattle prod is a toy, the wax candles are made of the same wax ladies use to wax their legs, etc.....the fact that people are shocked by it is the point. Its just like when you go to a movie and you believe that someone is bruised or injured. THey aren't really.

You don't have to like BDSM. But BDSM has existed for a very, very long time, well before people used a term like "porn" and respresents a lifestyle between two CONSENTING adults. There are safe words involved so people no when the line is being crossed. Do some research on BDSM if you know nothing on it but feel the need to babble on unfettered.

Thats our stance and we believe in it. And we're going to fight for that right in court if need be.

If what you say above is true, then you are 100% correct.

Fantasy is legal.

Fight it.

I can't believe the amount of bullshit posts on this thread. Ya the Sweets pushed the envelope, but hey we all take risks in this biz every day. It's the people who take the risks in the first place to pave the way. No doubt the Sweets will prevail and have probably already been well prepared for this day.

Paul tell Steve and Jamie I wish them the best of luck. :thumbsup

And you're going to lose.

Arguing that community standards need to be changed won't get you anywhere except into the poor house. Enjoy the 5 year supreme court battle.

Sweet's defense is that community standards have changed. He's all over the map on what his defense actually is....and the fact that he is claiming to continue to produce work in Amsterdam will win him no support - isnt the same place that allows kiddie porn?

Sweet produces content that is illegal in British Columbia. This is the jurisdiction in which they operate a business. The police have the SWEET computers. They have all the evidence they need.

Of course your are right and I have spoke to our inhouse lawyer several times a day.

Hey KK And HOW MANY posts would that have been?

ONE?

I have never posted on this topic before and never said a word about it...

I WAS however unmistakenly accused of talking to Luke abuot this subject a few weeks ago and it was NOT I who said that to him.

So I took it upon myself to get educated - I mean if I am going to be accused by the boys at Lightspeed that I spoke to Luke and to shut up- you'd think I'd get a phone call from them

I did not...just two people conveying that I needed to shut my mouth.

Well, I did my due diligence and was SHOWN by people a listing of keywords they had USED in the past

Am I lying KK?

Hey I never accused anyone of right or wrong - i am making a point about "skeletons" and an association with a certain web company that is touted as the "Do Gooders" of the industry that'all.

Is it MY FAULT that someone casted suspicion over their heads?

money is not a motive, in Canada you can't just sue someone for money...

You don't need your toes for this one KB. Out of three posts, you referenced it twice, including the second one that I commented on.

As for your potential relationship with Luke Ford, that's between you and Luke. I didn't see anyone bring that up or anything about Lightspeed before you did.

Perhaps you have skeletons in your closet, I don't know.

Bottom line is stick to the subject at hand. You've always been a nice guy, why you're going off about things that aren't part of the subject is just beyond me.

This thread is making me wonder why everyone in Vancouver is worried about their own biz. If you have nothing to hide then why are you folks worrying? SO long as you pay your taxes, go by the books, keep your content legal then whats the big worry? I'm starting to think that some people have something to hide. Putting our biz's under a microscope would be the best thing to happen. It keeps the sick fucks out of the game. If the juristiction and law is too lax on the adult industry too many freaks producing rape and CP will get away with their activities. So I say let em come down on us all, the honest law abiding companies will prevail and we will see all the idiots producing illegal content go down the drain and join a cell with horny Bubba.

Unfortunately, it can cost a LOT of money to prove your innocence. :(

I posted in its own thread, maybe this is a more better place !

http://www.talkhardradio.com/sweet.jpg

You are 100% correct. The business will withstand some scrutiny, it obviously clears out the bad apples.

yes and no, if you are legit and go by the books nobody will come down on you right? It's only when you are hiding something or when you go past the boundaries that you get scrutenized

I find the law against "degradation" (or "humiliation"...whatever) ironic, since it's degrading AND humiliating, I'm sure, for citizens within the jurisdiction to need the government to tell them how to think, feel, and act in situations which are consensual.

No and no. Law enforcement, which has a bare bones understanding of the internet at best in most cases, has a shoot first, ask questions later attitude. Not to mention the fact that any time pornographers get into trouble -- whether they are guilty or not -- it makes headlines, which is just as important to law enforcement and politicians as anything else.

Apparently, you're unaware of how destructive merely being INVESTIGATED can be: Just about anything related to your business will be taken away for at least a year (there goes all of your business and your business contacts), your hard drives will be taken out and micro-examined for any kind of evidence. If you have negatives, they will not be handled by people who are being careful not to damage them. Stuff frequently gets "lost." And then when they hand a pile of devalued or useless junk back to you with the remark, "I guess you're okay after all" (if indeed they don't find SOMETHING to hit you with), you are back to square one and a lot of your former business associates may shun you.

Hey KB...

Why bring Frankies Angels and his so called Teen site
into this thread ?

It has nothing to do with any of this, not to mention a weed site.


Unless there is a specific reason, this is a CHEAP shot!

Everyone is jumping the gun as usual. Let it fucking go and let them handle it. They have been around a long time and I'm sure they will clear it up. Remember when buttman got hit for obsenity charges cause they distributed the wrong european version video tapes that had fisting in the US. Well he won it. This is just news material for the MEDIA TO WHORE. The canadian media is becoming more and more like the US. All about the dollar and show ratings. Ratings =Viewers=$$$. The Media blows everything up.

Let it fucking go..

JR if you read the thread I was making a comment as to why YNOT is always the crusader and sticking their necks out to help these people who are always in trouble.

IE. Frankies Angels, CD babes, the Sweet's, Max Hardcore, etc.......

the reason I bring WEED into play is two fold- one not only does my cousin own a site like this but so does porn kings...

I told my cousin a long time ago it would bring heat, and to protect himself or take it down.

I have worked for enough companies who KNOW what's up when it comes to pushing boundaries

I just feel that everyone must be fair warned- because FEDS are checking it out , don't believe for a minute that they are not.