With regard to the category of CP that is "indistinguishable" from a real minor (18 USC Sec. 2256(8)(B), cited above), 18 USC Sec. 2252A(c)(2) allows an affirmative defense that the material was "not produced using any actual minor or minors." So (modifying what I wrote above), if it looks like a 12 yo boy, it's illegal unless you can prove it isn't a 12 yo boy. The affirmative defense is not available under subsection (C), which deals with material that looks like an "identifiable" minor. So if it looks like Jacob Tremblay, it won't do you any good to prove it isn't really him. Some of the cases that have arisen under these US laws are discussed on the Wikipedia page linked below, which also has information about the state of the law in various other countries. hugzu ;-p [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |