This is a hard question to answer. On the one hand, I had to prepare for the worst. I knew the regulations were unjust and completely out of touch with current social standards, and I knew that ATVOD were enforcing them in a way that was totally unfair. I was just one woman standing up to the government and the law, and it was entirely possible that it would go horribly wrong. But on the other hand, I wouldn’t have stuck to my guns, refused to comply, spoken out against the regulations, and appealed if I didn’t think it had a chance of working out. I reckoned I had about a 50/50 chance of success. I thought it was worth the risk-and it turned out I was right. I’m very glad that it paid off.
Winning my appeal was an important moral victory, which got the issues the public attention they deserved; and for that alone, it was worth doing.