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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[estioe]

This just scares me. A lot. :(

Just, this week has been too stressful. Imagine how Ponderosa and Elaboration feel right now.

[swansong33]

I sincerely doubt the two artists were reported. The NCMEC website paraphrases the statute linked in lj_biz. The statute deals ONLY with visual images that are indistinguishable from an actual child (anyone looking at the image would think they were looking at a real child) OR is of an identifiable minor (something in the picture shows exactly which actual minor was victimized). The images in question were not of an actual person(s), nor could you mistake the images as being of an actual person. They don't meet the statutory definition of child pornography, so it would be phenomenally stupid of LJ to report them. They said they reserved the right to ban material that WAS LEGAL, and that is what they did there. It may meet LJ's expanded definition of child porn, but it doesn't fall under the statute

[soundandvision]

Have to mention, that was a brilliant point by point breakdown you did on your lj about this situation. You brought up a lot of food for thought and shed new light (for me anyway heh), I'm so glad to see so many intelligent and well spoken people band together in this. :)

[swansong33]

Hey, thanks! It's nice to know my rant did something more than allow me to calm down enough to actually sleep last night. :P

[longlongwaytogo]

One of the comments above actually had the opposite... 'including' illustrations. Can someone please explain which is right and how so?

[soundandvision]

How is that...I don't even...I really think my brain has just imploded. Is it 1950, has HUAC been reinstated and beginning it's new quest to remove individualist thinking from America? I'm so entirely disgusted by how far this has gone; true or not, the insinuation that they would report this is worthy of suing over defamation of character.

[yrena]

I just wanted to say this was one of the best comments ever.

[limning]

No. Fucking. Way.

[emcyclopedia]

I read it. And fuck-- it's horrifying. Profanity doesn't even begin express my disgust.

[haights]

If it was even possible at this point, LJ is an even bigger joke to me now.

Sure LJ, go after art and just let these parents come up with ideas about how to beat their kids. Way to go LJ! Complete idiots...