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More on did Supreme Court truly overturn "morphed" kiddie porn ban?
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:11:14 -0700
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- Subject: FC: More on did Supreme Court truly overturn "morphed" kiddie porn ban?
- From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Previous Politch message:
"Did Supreme Court really overturn 'morphed' kiddie porn ban?"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03401.html
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:47:07 -0400
From: "Eric M. Freedman" <lawemf@mail1.hofstra.edu>
To: declan@well.com
Subject: Re: FC: Did Supreme Court really overturn "morphed" kiddie porn ban?
-This is correct. No one is challenging either A (real children) or C (use of
image of a real child being made to appear as if engaged in sexual conduct) for
the very good reason that both are in all likelihood constitutional. -E.
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From: "Ernest Miller" <ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu>
To: <declan@well.com>
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Subject: Re: Did Supreme Court really overturn "morphed" kiddie porn ban?
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:05:19 -0400
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You are correct.
A has been illegal for decades and was unchanged.
B,C, and D were the new elements.
Only B and D were challenged.
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 14:31:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Eiden <jim_eiden@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: FC: Did Supreme Court really overturn "morphed" kiddie porn ban?
To: declan@well.com
Declan:
This sounds like a slippery slope to me. As computer graphics become more
real, how are we to distinguish in future what is real or computer generated?
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