geoegress opened this issue on Sep 14, 2006 · 76 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 14 September 2006 at 7:30 PM
Quote - ok
can someone PLEASE tellme what the outcome was? in english not legalise? as in practical upshot?
Like most of these types of rulings, the interpretation really depends upon who you ask.
But esstentially, it says that so-called "virtual child porn" is allowable -- so long as no real children were involved in the making of it. However, this ruling has yet to be tested in a real case. It'll happen -- and by that time, the makeup of the Supreme Court is likely to have changed. The nine-member legislature that passes laws -- overruling Congress -- will perhaps change its mind with that change in membership.
Edited to add -- this also doesn't totally account for local & state laws. Once again: it's yet to be tested.