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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Issues in computer imaging of porn
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Date: 18 May 89 15:30:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil    May 18 10:30:00 1989


Computer graphic porn could also raise some new and complicated questions in
our society.  Given that much of computer imaging is totally generated
without (live) subjects, it could add a new twist to certain issues.

Consider that the arguments against conventional (not computer generated)
pornography as being abusive of their subjects (women, children).  It is my
understanding that child pornography is outlawed (even possesion) because of
the certainty that its creation is a serious form of child abuse.  With
computer generated imaging of pornography, these issues have to be dealt
with all over again.  This time, greater importance might have to be put
on whether the person who views such pornography is likely to pursue the
abuses the images portray.

--phil howard--