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FC: More on did Supreme Court truly overturn "morphed" kiddie porn ban?


From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:11:14 -0700

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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