I wouldn’t be so sure. Some guy did get convicted because he wrote stories in a journal about having sex with children. If that will get you convicted, I can’t imagine that animated stuff would be any better.
Odd – the exceotion to the 1A for child porn is explicitly because children are (unavoidably) harmed in the production thereof. He may have been nailed for indecency (community standards) – there was a case where “common” porn suppliers (BBS days) in one state were charged, extradited, convited, and served time because someone in a rather more straighlaced state could access it; but I was pretty sure that theory died a quiet death once the modern internet took off.
Not saying it couldn’t happen – it certainly did in at least one case I am aware of; but that was 20-odd years ago.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Ahh Australia…
IIRC, and IANAL but in the US it’s not child porn if the images aren’t real. Doesn’t stop it from being squicky
January 28th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
I wouldn’t be so sure. Some guy did get convicted because he wrote stories in a journal about having sex with children. If that will get you convicted, I can’t imagine that animated stuff would be any better.
January 29th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Odd – the exceotion to the 1A for child porn is explicitly because children are (unavoidably) harmed in the production thereof. He may have been nailed for indecency (community standards) – there was a case where “common” porn suppliers (BBS days) in one state were charged, extradited, convited, and served time because someone in a rather more straighlaced state could access it; but I was pretty sure that theory died a quiet death once the modern internet took off.
Not saying it couldn’t happen – it certainly did in at least one case I am aware of; but that was 20-odd years ago.