Sender: •••@••.••• (David S. Bennahum) >The measure would expand the definition of child pornography to include any >photograph, film, videotape or computer image produced by any means, >including electronically by computer, if it depicts or appears to depict a >minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. I would like to write an article about artists designing images of minors engaging in sexual acts based entirely on computer-generated images (i.e. no human is used as a model). I remeber reading something about a woman in Amsterdam that did work like this. Does anyone know more? The point is simple: we can now create child porn whithout children. All child porn laws are predicated on the assumption that abuse occured at one point: a child was forced to pose for the image. In a completely artificial image, no child is used, totally undermining existing laws. This raises the basic issue: are sexually explicit images of children going to be illegal even when no child is used to make the image? If so, what are the "slippery slope" implications for other kinds of totally computer-rendered imagery? Suggestions on where to go with this, esp. artists creating these images? best, db -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David S. Bennahum 632 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY 10012 Voice: 212-674-8107 Fax : 212-505-8520 http://www.reach.com/matrix/welcome.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Economist * Wired * Lingua Franca * NetGuide The New York Times * Harper's Bazaar -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Check out MEME, my net.newsletter on technology and social change. Meme propagates bi-weekly. You can subscribe to Meme directly via email by emailing me at •••@••.••• with a message that reads "subscribe Kim Smith meme", where Kim is replaced by your first name and Smith by your last name (do not include the quote symbols.) Back issues archived at http:// www.reach.com/matrix/meme.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by -- Andrew Oram -- •••@••.••• -- Cambridge, Mass., USA Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) World Wide Web: http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/cyber-rights.html http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~hwh6k/public/cyber-rights.html FTP: ftp://jasper.ora.com/pub/andyo/cyber-rights You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages and online materials, pursuant to any contained copyright & redistribution restrictions. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
