Child Pornography and Computers Pornography invo

This paper will discuss the adequacy of laws criminalizing the distribution of child pornography through electronic means. The paper will particularly examine the distribution of pornography by electronic information services, or on-line computer networks. The first part of the paper will discuss feminist arguments against the First Amendment protection of pornography. The second part of the paper will examine child pornography laws in the United States. The third part of the paper will discuss the unique problems presented by the use of computers in child pornography and the ability of present laws to han

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emales between the ages of ten and seventeen dressed in bikini bathing suits, leotards, and other "abbreviated attire." None of the children depicted in the videotapes was nude, but they struck "provocative poses at the direction of someone off camera and the camera consistently zoomed in on their pubic regions, which were covered by panties or other abbreviated clothing. The federal trial court convicted Knox of the charges and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, holding that the statute did not require a finding of nudity. The defendant appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court, which vacated the conviction and remanded the case to the Third Circuit after the Justice Department submitted a brief which stated that while nudity was not required under the statute, the Third Circuit had "utilized an impermissibly broad standard" for determining lascivious exhibition. The Justice Department said that lascivious exhibition "requires both that the depiction focus on body parts and that it render them visible in some fashion, as well as that the child be posing or acting lasciviously." Thus, the body parts must at least be discernible beneath or through the clothing. On remand, the Third Court r
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