It is now legal to watch Child Pornography in...New York..

[Zamorakian]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the latest Congressional effort to curb the spread of child pornography on the Internet, a 2003 law that makes it a crime to offer or solicit sexually explicit images of children.

The law, known as the Protect Act, applies regardless of whether the material turns out to consist solely of computer-generated images, or digitally altered photographs of adults, or even if the offer is fraudulent and the material does not exist at all.

"Offers to provide or requests to obtain child pornography are categorically excluded from the First Amendment," Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the 7-to-2 majority.

The law at issue was a response to a Supreme Court ruling in 2002, a decision that found unconstitutional an earlier law that prohibited simple possession of purported child pornography even if the material turned out not to depict real children. The First Amendment was violated by a law that "prohibits the visual depiction of an idea," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said in the 2002 decision.

Found this in some news source on Facebook...

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

But MMA is illegal

 

[Testify]

People are disgusting more and more every day. Ugh.

 

[Zamorakian]

But MMA is illegal

Corruption.

 

[#Heel1]

How can they make something internet based only legal in one state? Does that mean if the website server is hosted in NY that the child porn is legal for everyone to view on said site?

 

[Stopspot]

On topic: Absolutely horrendous.

Off topic: I'm just waiting for someone to tag Hoss in this threadity:

 

[Crayo]

How can they make something internet based only legal in one state? Does that mean if the website server is hosted in NY that the child porn is legal for everyone to view on said site?

Yes. If this is true and it is now legal in New York, then websites hosted on New York servers from the looks of things could allow CP to be posted.

I'm fucking shocked at this and want to see several sources. I can't see one of the most famous cities in the world, in AMERICA, allowing CP to be viewed. I skim-read the report so maybe it has some complicated conditions but meh.

 

[Jonathan]

I'm no lawyer but I'm pretty sure this isn't what it's saying.

If that was the case; Server in NY, free CP for everyone?

Wrong and I think you're getting the wrong end of the stick.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

It's not legal to view CP in other states just because it's hosted in NY. It's just not illegal to view CP in New York. It is still illegal to have it saved on your hard drive.

The only explanation I've heard given that makes even a tiny bit of sense is so you don't wind up opening an email with CP and bam you are breaking the law. Still doesn't add up, but there you have it.

Don't you dare hold an MMA event, but you can view CP on your computer as long as you don't download it or save it!

 

[Crayo]

Yeah I've just googled this and read actual reports on it. It's pretty much what you guys have said. If they had a thread bookmarked on site X that had CP on it, that wouldn't be illegal in NY. Though I'm not sure even in states where it's illegal they can do much, especially if they were tricked into viewing.

Hosting & Distributing CP is still not allowed on any server, world wide. Not even off shore ones.

 

[Rysenberg]

It didn't stop @[Big Hoss Rambler] before anyway.

 

[Testify]

Yeah I've just googled this and read actual reports on it. It's pretty much what you guys have said. If they had a thread bookmarked on site X that had CP on it, that wouldn't be illegal in NY. Though I'm not sure even in states where it's illegal they can do much, especially if they were tricked into viewing.

Hosting & Distributing CP is still not allowed on any server, world wide. Not even off shore ones.

It's what I told ya bro: google FTW.:jbl:

 

[Crayo]

Google is my bestest fwiend.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

It didn't stop @[Big Hoss Rambler] before anyway.

It was illegal? :shock:

 

[Jose Tortilla]

This is absolutely disgraceful. What an sick, evil, pervertic state of mind to produce a decision like this one.
Shame on the lawyer's who agreed on this case, awful. No words for this..