Sex play in virtual worlds
Sex play in virtual worlds
Robin Fretwell Wilson, 66 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1127 (2009)
Now You See it, Now You Don’t: Digital Images and the Meaning of Possession
Jonathan Clough, Now You See it, Now You Don’t: Digital Images and the Meaning of Possession (November 4, 2009). Criminal Law Forum, Vol. 19, No. 2, p. 205, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1500102
“Drawing upon the laws of Australia, Canada, England and the United States, this article analyses the concept of criminal possession in a digital context.”
Actual Exploitation, Simulated Exploitation, and a Tin Drum: A Comparative Analysis of Child Pornography Law in the United States and Canada
“The critical inquiry, borne out of the prolonged saga of Tin Drum as well as numerous other incidents, is twofold: Whether Canada and the United States may abrogate speech rights so as to ban child pornography and, if so, just how each nation may go about defining properly the resultant prohibited realm of material.”
AK legislators look to expand child porn law
“A state prosecutor who handles child pornography cases wants sexually explicit drawings of children — even computer-generated cartoons — to be as illegal as photographs of actual abuse.”
Alaska Court of Appeals: Child porn statute is not unconstitutionally overbroad because it does not outlaw “virtual” child porn
Ferrick v. Alaska, No. A-9976, (Alaska App., Sept. 18, 2009)
You Only Live Twice: How the First Amendment Impacts Child Pornography in Second Life
“This Comment explores whether virtual child pornography, as it appears [in Second Life], should be protected as free speech under the First Amendment.”
4th Circuit upholds conviction for cartoons, digital photographs, and emails depicting child porn
U.S. v. Whorley, No. 06-4288, 2008 WL 5265645 (4th Cir. Dec. 18, 2008)
4th Circuit upholds conviction for the knowing reception and communication of obscene “anime cartoons” depicting child pornography, digital photographs of child pornography, and obscene emails.
