Staying safe from legal hassles and prosecution

[cantus]

The situation with Westy (developer of 'Proud Father') getting arrested has put me and probably many others on edge. I think it behooves us all to check into the laws in our respective localities to get a better idea of how much risk we may be exposing ourselves to.
I'd like to dedicate this thread to sharing information and strategies that might help keep us out of jail and maybe even find ways to push for more just laws around digital content.

 

[cantus]

I'll start...

I'm in the USA, and in my state:
1. Digitally created content is legal if it is not identifiable as a real person
2. Digitally altered content that does resemble a specific person is illegal under a new revenge porn law unless their consent is given
3. Photos and videos of real under age people that include sexual activity or sexualized nudity (as opposed to naturist photos or pics of your kids in the bath) is illegal, and can be charged as separate count *per picture*, so in theory, having a few hundred hebe pics on your computer could stack up to a longer sentence than actually raping a child.

 

[Anon7483]

Literally just don't make loli hentai in shit countries (Worst Korea, Ausfailia, or "Great" Britain) or do it smartly.

I think it behooves us all to check into the laws in our respective localities

Really though, this is something that you should have ALREADY done before doing something like this.

Oh yeah and the Westy situation is old news at this point.

 

[MTelly]

I'm in the USA, and in my state:
1. Digitally created content is legal if it is not identifiable as a real person
2. Digitally altered content that does resemble a specific person is illegal under a new revenge porn law unless their consent is given
3. Photos and videos of real under age people that include sexual activity or sexualized nudity (as opposed to naturist photos or pics of your kids in the bath) is illegal, and can be charged as separate count *per picture*, so in theory, having a few hundred hebe pics on your computer could stack up to a longer sentence than actually raping a child.

USA is really close in terms of laws to my country. Creating this kind of content will be not a problem for us for example. But I'm afraid these laws are going to be tightened cause of AI and its impact.

maybe even find ways to push for more just laws around digital content.

forget this. It's absolutely impossible in today's social context

 

[cantus]

A friend of mine was arrested about ten years ago and put on a sex offenders list for texting a two letter response on his phone.
The local police were running sting operations on Backpage users and had set up a fake profile of an 18yo prostitute. My friend had answered the add and arranged to meet her.
On the way to the appointment, he gets a text saying "by the way, I'm 15", and he texted back "ok".
That was enough to arrest him and bring him up on charges.

Was he a predator, looking to get with someone underage? No. He thought she was 18 and just didn't have the will power and good sense to cancel the appointment when he heard otherwise.
If it had been a real girl, would he have gone through with it? Hard to say. He's a very principled, consent-forward person, so I'd like to think he would have checked in with her first and made sure she really wanted to be doing that, but his intentions didn't matter.
The only thing that really helped him in the case was that he had a good support network of friends and family, so the court was willing to offer him a plea deal, but he's still stuck with a felony conviction and a sex offender registration.

 

[cantus]

USA is really close in terms of laws to my country. Creating this kind of content will be not a problem for us for example. But I'm afraid these laws are going to be tightened cause of AI and its impact.

forget this. It's absolutely impossible in today's social context

What's impossible may depend on where you are. Sure, it's an uphill battle but social contexts vary from place to place. What's impossible in the current US or UK climate may be possible or even already legal in Germany for example.

 

[vagmesh]

thats really sad tbh

 

[Republican Bear]

Your fine so long as no one sees your folders and what games you play. So encrypt your shit.

Just like piracy busts they want the makers and sellers not users.

 

[cantus]

Any other real life experiences to relate? (1st or 2nd hand)
Or relevant laws in different state/province/countries?

 

[cantus]

Or how about techniques for keeping your files away from prying eyes?