A brief quote of an article which should explain US law on "virtual porn"

[heidi8]

Since there's been some questions on this issue on various LJs that I read overnight:

A few years ago, the US Supreme Court stated that under the first amendment, there is no bar to the creation of virtual porn, or its dissemination among adults.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for a 6-3 majority, said the 1996 federal law "turns the First

Comments

[annearchy]

So is there any problem for fan-fic writers whose fictional characters are in a marginal age group (say 17, which is legal/adult in the wizarding world but not necessarily in the real world)? A lot of people seem to be stressing out about that Austrialian law (I haven't seen the actual wording yet).

BTW how is Baby Cate?? :)

[heidi8]

The Australian law says anyone under 18 is treated the same way, whether real or fictional, 17 and 10 months old, or 7 years and 10 days old. But the law seems to apply only if you're either Australian or if you're hosted on a server located in Australia.

And she is just DELICIOUS!

[irinaauthor]

I'm on a complete first amendment bender lately. Check out my latest entry for why. Other people scare me sometimes.

[heidi8]

OMG yes. And weirdly enough, I bet they all think know that using things like bittorrent to trade movies is illegal, but they all do it.

: facepalms

[hedwig_snowy]

A little concerned that a new make-up of the high Court could result in a ruling against slash? That slippery slope is pretty steep about now. :) Wonder if people shrug their shoulders and say, "Why shouldn't a President get to appoint anyone HE wants to the Federal Bench?" Maybe they'll understand...one day. It seems to be an administration that can be defined by the idea of "Laws of Unintended Consequences".

[nyourdrms]

November 2008 please come quick before they burn all the books and lock away the women

[cho_malfoy]

Thanks, I was wondering about this. It makes me breathe a little easier, although I don't think I'll stop worrying because of Bush.