U.S. v. Siepman

Defendant was found guilty of three counts of transportation of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. The issue on appeal was whether the definition of “transportation” of child pornography was met when an automated government software program accessed and downloaded child pornography from defendant’s computer over a peer-to-peer file sharing network. The Seventh Circuit concluded that it did and affirmed defendant’s conviction. (SCUDDER and PRYOR, concurring)