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slacker03150 posted...

I don't know how true this is, but I read once people with cp charges often make or distribute as well because no one wants to get caught with the stuff by someone who isn't risking anything, so to get access to a lot of it they had to provide new stuff. The FBI even had a file of cp they had to keep updated they could use for sting operations.

It certainly doesn't sound true at all and, logically speaking, it doesn't make much sense either. Clearly most pedos won't be in a position to abuse like that and distro seems like a weak proof since most people probably assume the FBI would do that as a sting.

I'm sure there's a ton of peer-to-peer sharing, though, because that's how much of the internet works when it comes to everything else... and, after trying to look up some details regarding his arrest, an article seems to suggest he was caught because he was peer-to-peer sharing and from the news station no less. The cops didn't know it was him specifically and even asked for his help in the investigation, but they eventually discovered his involvement.

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