‘Max Hardcore’ Porn Producer Convicted for Obscenity in Florida

An actor and producer who calls himself Max Hardcore was convicted of obscenity charges yesterday by federal jurors in Tampa, Fla.

The producer, whose real name is Paul F. Little, was convicted of distributing obscene material on the Internet and through the mail, report the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Tribune. The reports differed on the number of counts.

Jurors reached the decision after watching Little’s films on a giant courtroom screen. They included scenes that included “urinating, vomiting and violently dominating women,” the Times story says.

Defense lawyer H. Louis Sirkin said the verdict comes on “a sad day for the First Amendment."

The Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section prosecuted the case. In a February article, critics told the ABA Journal the department isn’t doing enough to prosecute Internet pornography.

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