I work with importing and Customs as my day job and I’m pretty sure pornographic material is prohibited from being imported, although I can’t find the exact regulations in a quick search. The agent may have seen ‘adult game’ and that was enough.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen someone try to import something prohibited without doing a lick of research first.
(e) All cases in which articles have been seized pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1305(a) should be referred to the U.S. Attorney, for possible institution of condemnation proceedings, within 4 days, but in no event more than 14 days, after the date of Customs initial examination. The referral to the U.S. Attorney should be initiated simultaneously with the mailing to the importer of the seizure notice and the assent to forfeiture form. If the importer declines to execute an assent to forfeiture of the articles other than those mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section and fails to submit, within 30 days after being notified of his privilege to do so, a petition under section 618, Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1618), for remission of the forfeiture and permission to export the seized articles, then the U.S. Attorney, who has already received information concerning the seizure pursuant to this paragraph, may proceed with the condemnation action.
I think it much more likely some puritanical human checker saw it was adult themed and just destroyed it because they disagree with the content.
I feel like it’s also possible that a human checker had never seen a floppy disk before. So they destroyed it making sure they did their job “well.”
I work with importing and Customs as my day job and I’m pretty sure pornographic material is prohibited from being imported, although I can’t find the exact regulations in a quick search. The agent may have seen ‘adult game’ and that was enough.
It’s not the first time I’ve seen someone try to import something prohibited without doing a lick of research first.
Did find this: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1305
Although they were only supposed to ‘seize’ it to ‘await the judgement of a district court’.
Yep they should have sent a notice of seizure to the consignee: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-19/chapter-I/part-12/subject-group-ECFR496c45e0cbbd09d
(e) All cases in which articles have been seized pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1305(a) should be referred to the U.S. Attorney, for possible institution of condemnation proceedings, within 4 days, but in no event more than 14 days, after the date of Customs initial examination. The referral to the U.S. Attorney should be initiated simultaneously with the mailing to the importer of the seizure notice and the assent to forfeiture form. If the importer declines to execute an assent to forfeiture of the articles other than those mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section and fails to submit, within 30 days after being notified of his privilege to do so, a petition under section 618, Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1618), for remission of the forfeiture and permission to export the seized articles, then the U.S. Attorney, who has already received information concerning the seizure pursuant to this paragraph, may proceed with the condemnation action.
Probably right, average person probably wouldn’t know its value.
When naughty floppys are outlawed, only outlaws will have naughty floppys!