I just want to make sure everyone has seen this buried subthread

[scarah2]

We report child pornography to the NCMEC, as required by law.

Scroll down to markf's reply in particular. It's heavily implied that ponderosa121 and elaboration were reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Harry Potters Children.

I'm going to check innocence_jihad and if this isn't already there, I'm gonna crosspost it. Sorry if you see it twice, but I'm finding that a

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[eternitybreaks]

I'm sorry...

But is this a competition with lj now. Let's see who can be the stupidest the fastest? I can only hope that both artists have not been reported. I mean seriously what did they say to them? OMG!LOOKSHEDREWNAKEDHARRY111!!!!

Thanks for the post though :)

[raaven]

GAH.

[haights]

*snorts*

So does this mean that we can report LJ for assisting in people killing themselves through their website by pro-ana communities?

[sovayfox]

thats not a bad idea actually XD

[scarah2]

It's been tried. LJ heartily stands behind pro-ana and defends it as free speech.

[aphephobia]

I really want to set up a pro-suicide community and see what happens. Because wouldn't talking about suicide be "free speech," too?

[roguebelle]

Oh, god, I really hope they did. 'Cause I think the NCMEC would rip 6A/LJ a new one for wasting their time. I can hear it now: "Hi, we have real predators to deal with. 20-something girls drawing pictures of fictional characters are not a threat. Please go away."

[emarkienna]

I was thinking along those lines too. It occurred to me earlier today, what if some very brave selfless person basically handed themselves with the image to the police. Either we find out that such images are legal after all - or if not, perhaps the 30,000+ people opposed to this can turn their efforts against politicians (there's only been one case AFAIK where someone has been prosecuted under the new fictional child porn law, and that was someone who also had actual child porn - add to that the ambiguous age, and it being Harry Potter, such a case could generate quite a bit of publicity!)

Although obviously it's horrible for those two to be reported, when I'm sure they didn't want to be the sacrificial lambs...

[haights]

"Hi, we have real predators to deal with. 20-something girls drawing pictures of fictional characters are not a threat. Please go away."

I can see this happening too now that someone has mentioned it. LJ doesn't seem to realize this and I hope and pray that it blows up in their faces.

[kate_tur]

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1504

According to this, "Federal statute defines “minor” as any person younger than 18.6 “While a majority of states follow the federal statute, some state laws define ‘minor’ or ‘child’ as a youth younger than 14, 16, or 17.7 Delaware law includes any person 18 years of age and younger in its definition of a ‘child.’""

I wonder, is it still strictly a minor if it's a fictional character?

[snakeysnape]

Quick! Somebody make an icon: "LJ. We know stupid when we see it."

[ixoutofxiii]

[nerami_siela]

Heee!

*steals it gleefully with promises of credit* Thank you!

[ixoutofxiii]

Welcome. ♥