"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. --- Dr. Dimitri Vulis Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps