I dare you to tell me my underaged porn has no artistic value.

[alixtii]

In the absence of further information, this post by cofax7 sums up my thoughts on the latest LJ announcement that has fandom in conniptions. My only worry is that whether something (fails to) meet the Miller test or not is really irrelevant--it depends on what LJ thinks would meet that test. And for all I know, LJ and I interpret the law no less differently than, say, Justice Scalia and I.

But the new rules seem to be "Don't break the law and get caught." Which, erm, is exactly what the old rules were.

(Feel free to friend me at GreatestJournal or InsaneJournal--this journal is mirrored at both those sites--but I'll be staying here at least until there's some sign as to how the policy will actually be put into practice.)

I'd use my Mesektet icon for this post, but Avril's actually underaged in my default icon, too, and she has better cleavage.

Comments

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

There is certainly a case (in the NT, I believe) where someone was prosecuted for having fictional text depicting explicit sexual acts (in that case I think adult-child, which I have more personal difficult with) on his computer. There is also legislation that brings reading rather than just writing such material under the law as a crime warranting sex offender status.

Throughout this entire thing I'm trying to work out what my own ethical standard is, which is difficult enough. But I *am* a lawyer, and that adds another layer to things.

Thank you for providing some details, though. I really do appreciate it, and as soon as I can get my fic written and posted (neither Dawn nor Nina are currently co-operating, you know how it goes, I suspect), I shall happily read it and leave feedback.