[43915] in Cypherpunks
Re: crypto for porno users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Sat Nov 25 02:13:22 1995
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 95 00:03:00 EST
In-Reply-To: <01HY1C15AVLC8WYI84@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@mbcl.rutgers.edu> writes:
> The second is that given new image modification technologies,
> it is possible to produce what will seem child pornography, but
> with no actual harm done to children. In some ways, this product
> may reduce harm to children in some respects by providing a
> "competing product" to actual child pornography, and thus
> discourage its manufacture.
...
I recall that a man was recently convicted in Canada on child pornography
charges (sorry, can't recall the exact statute name) for, basically, drawing
naked kids on his computer. No children were harmed, or otherwise involved in
producing the material, but the courts found it to be child pornography.
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<a href="mailto:dlv@bwalk.dm.com">Dr. Dimitri Vulis</a>
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
