This has seriously gotten out of control... law enforcement has gotten so farking lazy it's pathetic. They are creating their own problems, here's why.

1. Prosecuting end users does nothing to stem the problem... this is true of CP, drug use, etc. Looking at pictures or smoking pot is a victimless crime, the "user" did nothing to actually harm another person.

2. In order to actually bust the producers, police officers need to gather evidence, this is a long and arduous process.

3. Punishing end users is easy, there a lot of them.

4. By punishing end users, who are potentially the best source of information, they created more enemies; enemies are not likely to share information with you.

So, basically, by making enemies out of everyone, the police have made it extremely hard to find the source. Of course, lots of busts means more funding so they have little incentive of actually targeting the producers.

Also, if you can be prosecuted for unintentionally possessing CP, I can think of a hundred different easy ways to put everyone in american in prison.

DRC500free: http://io9.com/5272107/manga-collection-ruled-child-pornography-by-us-court

That law is so unconstitutional it is unbelievable. It has already been struck down by the third circuit and more is yet to come from the sounds of it. The guy had a shiatty lawyer that obviously had no knowledge of First Amendment rights, and did not understand the concept of what obscenity is.

So maybe it was originally sent by a misguided samaritan. Or maybe it was sent by the molester. Or maybe it was sent by someone who thinks the laws about e-mail and porn are absurd. Or maybe it was sent by the police.