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v io late th e c o n d it io n s o f h is su p er v ised re leas e. A m o n g th e p ro v isio n s o f S p in k ’s s upe r vi s e d r e l e a s e , w hi c h a r e nota ti s s ue i n thi s appe a l , a r e the f ol l ow i ng: T he de f e nda nts ha l l notpos s e s s orpe rus e a ny a uthe nt i c , a l t e r e d, or m anufactured, i n w hat everform , m at er i al thatdepi ct s a nd / or desc ri bes “ be s t i a l i ty ” , z oophi l i a ora ny s e xua l c onduc ti nvol vi ng a ni m a l s e xc e pt as approv ed i n adv ance by hi s probat i on offi ce r. T he defendantshal l al l ow a probat i on offi ce r t o i nspectany per sonal c o m p u te ro w n e d a n d o p e r a te d b y th e d e f e n d a n t. T he defendantshal l consentt o the U ni t ed S t at es P robat i on O ff i ce c onduc t i ng ongoi ng m oni t or i ng of hi s /he rc om put e r ( s ) , ha r dw a r e , a nd s of tw a r e . T he m oni t or i ng m a y i nc l ude the i ns t a l l a t i on, a tthe de f e nda nt ’ s e xpe ns e , of

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the U ni t e d S t a t e s P r oba t i on C om put e rM oni t or i ng P r ogr a m a s di r e c t e d. T he defendantshal l shutdo w n al l w ebsi t es ow ned, op er at ed, or un der hi s c on trol thatprom ot e or c on t ai n zoo ph i l i a, best i al i ty or a ny se xu al ac tw i th ani m al [s ] t o i ncl ud e, bu tno tl i m i t ed t o [52 spec i fi ca l l y l i st ed w e b s ite s ]. T he gove rnm e ntpr of

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g o v e rn m e n t w ip in g th e h a r d d r iv e s a g a in b e f o r e it r e tu rn s th e c o m p u te r s . H o w ev er, i f th ere i s en cryp t ed d at a, S p i n k p resu m ab l y h as th e ab i l i ty t o access thos e m a t e r i a l s , a nd he ha s notof f e r e d t o a c c e s s the f

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the P ro b at i o n O ffi ce. M o reo v er, i f th e h ard d ri v es co n t ai n en cryp t ed m at eri al s, th o se m a t e r i a l s a r e l i ke l y t o be the ty pe of m a t e r i a l s tha tS pi nk i s pr ohi bi t e d f r om p o s s e s s in g u n d e rth e c o n d itio n s o f h is s u p e rv is e d r e le a s e . T h e d i stri ctco u rt ’ s o rd er i s A FFI R M ED .