I'm no lawyer, but as far as I know any obscene, sexually explicit depiction of a minor is illegal in the US, regardless of realism. See 18 U.S.C. § 1466A, enacted by the PROTECT Act of 2003.
evazion said: I'm no lawyer, but as far as I know any obscene, sexually explicit depiction of a minor is illegal in the US, regardless of realism. See 18 U.S.C. § 1466A, enacted by the PROTECT Act of 2003.
I assume you're not aware danbooru has over 13000 pictures tagged "loli"?
Prediction: Parenthood, gynecology and midwifery are going to be outlawed... any day now, I just know it... it's gonna be illegal to have kids and all the existing children will have to be raised on mechanized farms by robots no older than 14.
evazion said: What's your point? The amount of loli on Danbooru has absolutely no bearing on its legality in the United States.
Um I know, I was just implying that talking about legal stuff and invoking that act about this one picture is pointless because there so many others no one gives a shit about.
The OP said that this picture could get you in trouble because it's too realistic. That is not true at all. Obscenity is the determining factor; realism is irrelevant. As to whether this image would be considered obscene, I have no idea. That's something that's decided on a case-by-case basis by a jury.
Illusive said: Im so lucky that im living in europe without idiotic laws about porn and not every psicho has guns in the streets...
I'm so lucky that I'm living in Europe without idiotic laws about porn, the only thing I hate are the ignorant retards that want to take my guns away without any logical reason.
ardy said: actually the supreme court overturned that portion of the law in 2004
No, this law still stands. The Supreme Court ruled another act overbroad in 2002 because it forbade all sexually-explicit depictions of minors. In response Congress passed this law, which only bans obscene depictions of minors.
If its just a nude child on its own then most people won't cry "CP!". Pictures on how to powder your baby's ass won't get you in jail. You usually have to have the child depicted in an act of some kind (generally lascivious in nature) with another individual. And kids like to tear their clothes off and run around the streets buck naked, much to the chagrin of their parents. Point being, not everyone is terrified of their own and other people's bodies. You aren't born wearing your trendy overpriced jeans, sorry for spoiling it for the rest of you.
evazion said: I'm no lawyer, but as far as I know any obscene, sexually explicit depiction of a minor is illegal in the US, regardless of realism. See 18 U.S.C. § 1466A, enacted by the PROTECT Act of 2003.
True, but no case invoking this law has been before the Supreme Court, which has struck down similar laws as unconstitutional in the past. Also, to the best of my knowledge, everyone convicted under this law also possessed actual child pornography along with cartoons (not that that makes the law a good one, but hey, they were going to jail for a long time anyway).
Of course, all that means is that your fate is in the hands of lawyers if you're busted, but on the plus side, the ACLU would probably spot you a good one.
fuckingassholes said: You aren't born wearing your trendy overpriced jeans, sorry for spoiling it for the rest of you.
fuckingassholes said: And kids like to tear their clothes off and run around the streets buck naked
LOL for this one! If something would happen here, the police would come in a minute and teach the parents about the proper order of upbringing childs. This is not a tribal community.
