Federal Judge Sides With 'Dorm Dudes' in Miami Porn House Case
An attempt by the city of Miami to close down a house in which “dorm dudes” are paid by a gay porn website to live there and have sex on schedule has failed.
The operation isn’t covered by a city’s zoning restriction banning adult businesses in a residential area, a federal judge has ruled, because all customers of Cocodorm view the porn over the Internet rather than on-site, reports the Miami Herald.
The Jan. 27 ruling applies an opinion from the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in a similar case involving a Tampa, Fla.-based “Voyeurdorm” featuring women, the newspaper explains.
”As a practical matter, zoning restrictions are indelibly anchored in particular geographic locations,” the 11th Circuit held. But at Voyeurdorm, ‘the public offering occurs over the Internet in ‘virtual space.’ ”
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