Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Confused about Supreme Court ruling with CGI

SAMS3D opened this issue on May 29, 2003 ยท 20 posts


kbade posted Fri, 30 May 2003 at 12:28 AM

Two small points: 1. The legislative debates and the language of the law that was struck down are such that it was aimed much more at photo-manipulation from apps like Photoshop than 3D apps, particularly Poser. The theory is that ultra-realistic cg-kiddie porn, like real kiddie porn, could be used by pedophiles to help convince kids that what they were proposing was a normal activity. 2. I seem to recall that a new version of the law that was struck down, written to attempt to meet the Supremes' objections, has passed and is winding its way through the courts again. And while I enjoy a good legal debate, if your sole concern is the impact of such a law on you as a Poser artist here, I would simply note that I have been here since the Willow/Grey days, and have yet to see any image that would have fallen within the scope of this law. The TOS here have always been stricter than the that law, or the new one.