Note that these are different from the Child pornography laws.
Barak was asked about fan fiction and illustrations in relation to child pornography laws.
Child pornography deals with *photographs* of *real children* in sexual situations, and thus does not apply to fan *fiction* or to *illustrations*.
However.
Child obscenity deals with drawings and other visual representations. And it doesn't matter whether it's a real child or not or a character. All that matters is if it appears that someone under age 18 is depicted in graphic sexual content.
Go read the US code I cited above, and then go reread this lj_biz entry:
Some people have noted a Supreme Court case from a couple of years ago striking computer-generated images from the definition of child pornography and asked whether, as a result, drawings of children in sexual situations can be considered illegal. The answer is, yes, in some cases. Congress reacted to the Supreme Court's decision in that case by changing the obscenity laws to put back what the Supreme Court struck down from the child pornography laws. Those obscenity laws are still on the books today and still being enforced. As a result, our policy prohibits obscene images of minors in graphic sexual contexts.
Note that the rest of the entry deals with fan FICTION, which is different from fan ART. People in fandom (as well as myself and others) apparently read that entry and didn't distinguish the laws for artwork as being different from those for fanfiction. Graphic content in artwork is a lot more likely to be noticed, a lot more likely to be reported, and therefore a lot more likely to get you banned.
The policy for Child Obscenity seems to be the same as that for Child Pornography: http://www.livejournal.com/abuse/policy.bml#childporn
no subject
ARTWORK falls under the US Obscenity laws here:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001466---A000-.html
Note that these are different from the Child pornography laws.
Barak was asked about fan fiction and illustrations in relation to child pornography laws.
Child pornography deals with *photographs* of *real children* in sexual situations, and thus does not apply to fan *fiction* or to *illustrations*.
However.
Child obscenity deals with drawings and other visual representations. And it doesn't matter whether it's a real child or not or a character. All that matters is if it appears that someone under age 18 is depicted in graphic sexual content.
Go read the US code I cited above, and then go reread this lj_biz entry:
http://community.livejournal.com/lj_biz/241428.html (5th paragraph)
Some people have noted a Supreme Court case from a couple of years ago striking computer-generated images from the definition of child pornography and asked whether, as a result, drawings of children in sexual situations can be considered illegal. The answer is, yes, in some cases. Congress reacted to the Supreme Court's decision in that case by changing the obscenity laws to put back what the Supreme Court struck down from the child pornography laws. Those obscenity laws are still on the books today and still being enforced. As a result, our policy prohibits obscene images of minors in graphic sexual contexts.
Note that the rest of the entry deals with fan FICTION, which is different from fan ART. People in fandom (as well as myself and others) apparently read that entry and didn't distinguish the laws for artwork as being different from those for fanfiction. Graphic content in artwork is a lot more likely to be noticed, a lot more likely to be reported, and therefore a lot more likely to get you banned.
The policy for Child Obscenity seems to be the same as that for Child Pornography: http://www.livejournal.com/abuse/policy.bml#childporn