I couldnt hold back one more post hehehe
I could have sworn many of the webmasters around here stood up for, attending conferences with, listened too... Lawrence Walters.
Are you people even webmasters?
http://www.firstamendment.com/virtual_article.php3
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Why should the adult Internet industry celebrate a victory for virtual child pornography? That question is currently being asked throughout the adult industry, and by detractors as well. It's therefore worthy of exploration.
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This was obviously a tough case for the Supreme Court to take, and to decide as it did. Both Attorney General John Ashcroft and the mainstream media have criticized the Court's decision as a victory for pedophiles and "pornographers." Of course, those criticisms often fail to draw any distinction between child pornography and adult erotica.
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o how will this decision affect the adult Internet industry, specifically? While the case will not have the same kind of substantial, direct impact on most webmasters as the upcoming decision in Ashcroft v. ACLU, involving the COPA law, the Court's ruling may have several, more subtle implications. Initially, the Act criminalized content that promoted adult models, in sexual situations, as underage. Caught up in the law's potential sweep were erotic images that included props such as school girl outfits, pig tails, teddy bears or lollipops, since such accoutrement of youth could result in prosecutions under the portion of the Act prohibiting depictions of individuals who "appear to be" minors, even if the performers were all over the age of 18. This law was a significant source of heartburn for those webmasters who operated "Teen" or "Lolita" sites, which depicted young looking females, all of whom were purportedly over the age of 18. The Court's decision eliminated any real risk of prosecution for such images under child pornography laws, and reaffirmed that works involving adults which depict the sexual activity of minors, unless obscene, are protected by the First Amendment.
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I pasted some quotes after looking this up before i leave because i know most of you wont read the entire article.
next time you host an image of a girl with a lolipop, realize you can, ONLY because it was fought for you to be able to do so.
http://www.firstamendment.com/virtual_article.php3