In the 1950s, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, while producing a promotional audio recording for their film “The Caddy” at a professional recording studio, engaged in unscripted banter that included the use of explicit, profane, and obscene language. These remarks, made during multiple takes, were intended by the artists and the production staff to be edited out and excluded from any official distribution to the public. Contrary to this expectation, and in violation of industry confidentiality norms and standards, a studio technician unlawfully preserved these unedited outtakes, compiling them into a separate recording. The illicit recording was subsequently distributed via the black market in contravention of prevailing obscenity statutes, which proscribed interstate transportation of obscene and pornographic materials. The unauthorized circulation  ...