This debate has recently been going on in the australian media because an artist (whos name i cant recall right now) has been investigated for producing child porn because of an exerbition he produced that included a photo of a 13? year old naked girl.
This investigation coincides with a change in the laws in the US to alow a NGO to decide which sites contain "child porn" in order for them to be put on a banned list which is blocked by US ISP's
The artist involved was found to have no case to answer by the DPP which meant that the AFP dropped the case. Im not sure if the NSW's goverment has also droped its case or if it was only the federal case that was dropped.
It also gets interesting in some of the comments that the PM has made about this work. He called it a discusting piece of child exploitation.
So does the fact that a child is naked in a non sexual manner automatically make it porn? (i find this an interesting contrast to the naked babies which are constantly in huggies ads)
Does the PM owe this artist an apology for defaiming him when the DPP has said that the work is art and not porn?
For the sake of interest both the "child" and her mother gave concent to the pic
This investigation coincides with a change in the laws in the US to alow a NGO to decide which sites contain "child porn" in order for them to be put on a banned list which is blocked by US ISP's
The artist involved was found to have no case to answer by the DPP which meant that the AFP dropped the case. Im not sure if the NSW's goverment has also droped its case or if it was only the federal case that was dropped.
It also gets interesting in some of the comments that the PM has made about this work. He called it a discusting piece of child exploitation.
So does the fact that a child is naked in a non sexual manner automatically make it porn? (i find this an interesting contrast to the naked babies which are constantly in huggies ads)
Does the PM owe this artist an apology for defaiming him when the DPP has said that the work is art and not porn?
For the sake of interest both the "child" and her mother gave concent to the pic