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> "The law on child pornography is that it's only an offense to produce an image" In the UK, "simple possession of indecent photographs of children" is a crimi
by lotharbot 15y ago
> "The law on child pornography is that it's only an offense to produce an image"
In the UK, "simple possession of indecent photographs of children" is a criminal offense [0]. US law is fairly similar [1].
[0] http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/sexonnet.html#UKlaw http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/sexonnet.html#UKlaw -- see Criminal Justice Act of 1988
[1] http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1476 http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?L... -- part (b) of the first cited law
- SoftwareMaven 15y agoBut the difference between possession and creation is very large.