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The problem is that if it's legal, people will pay for it, which creates a financial incentive to create it. >I think the "reasoning" stops right there. Have
by ikeboy 10y ago
The problem is that if it's legal, people will pay for it, which creates a financial incentive to create it.
>I think the "reasoning" stops right there.
Have you read the Supreme court cases where this issue was debated? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_v._Ferber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_v._Ferber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coalition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coalit... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Williams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Williams
See also https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/supreme-courts-child-pornography-decision https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/supreme-courts-child-porn...
I feel like if you're going to say things like "75-80% loss rate" you should at a bare minimum have read all the relevant rulings.
- rimantas 10y agoBeing ilegal does not really remove the incentive, only makes the product more expensive?
- ikeboy 10y agoIt makes it harder to sell.
- drunken-serval 10y agoBeing illegal makes production much riskier and makes sales more difficult.
- Asooka 10y agoHow about at least making legal only drawn depictions? Their creation doesn't involve hurting anybody per se, so I don't see why those should be illegal.