Hmmm......I would just like to know, for example, if someone was caught with this by the FBI, how long would it take the FBI to come to their house and start siezing evidence or send a letter in the mail saying they have to go to court?

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In the United States, child pornography is prohibited under both federal and state laws with some state laws including more or less restrictive definitions compared with federal law. Under federal law, child pornography is defined as visual depiction of minors (i.e. under 18) engaged in a sex act such as intercourse, oral sex, or ************ as well as the lascivious depictions of the genitals. Various federal courts in the 1980s and 1990s have concluded that "lewd" or "lascivious" depiction of the genitals does not require the genitals to be uncovered. Thus, for example, a video of underage teenage girls dancing erotically, with multiple close-up shots of their covered genitals, can be considered child porn.

Questions arose during the 1990s as to whether depictions of mere nudity of minors - such as those found in some nudist magazines and videos - were legal under federal child porn laws. A court case in 1999 determined that mere nudity involving minors does not come under the federal definition of child porn, nor does it necessarily qualify as obscene, as the Supreme Court had ruled previously that mere nudity in and of itself does not constitute obscenity. This ruling does not specifically address state laws, which may differ. For example, broader definitions in some states have created controversy when parents were arrested for taking photographs in which their small children were depicted nude during usual daily activities, such as bathing.

Further complicating the issue in the U. S. is that there is no clear legal definition in federal or state law as to what exactly constitutes a "lewd" or "lascivious" exhibition. In addition, these terms are often to be interpreted according to "contemporary community standards." Defining the standards of a community where residents come from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and where moving from place to place is commonplace so that the nature of a community is continually changing, has proved extremely challenging.

There's that (question) of the "intent" of the cp material. Or, what was the "intent" of making it, having it-

Porn rarely leads to crime, otherwise I'd have to turn you all in.

I like your thinking mate! I try to download a movie (not porn) and it opens a CP pic, SICK! Worst thing was , my 2 and a half year old son was sitting beside me at the time, i got the IP's and sent them off to the ASACP.

The more of these disgusting sons of bitches the Feds know about the better.

I think most of us find it sick. But doesn't "limewire" start with you and me? The problem is too big to put on LW, just us little folks can make a big difference in this sick sh*t if we junk it, and in the least NOT d/ling the barbaric filth-

Yeah.....true. I would suggest not even downloading porn on Limewire or any video that seems to be fishy. It is different if you download something that is labeled child porn and you INTEND on viewing it, and clicking on something completely different and then viewing it and finding it to be child pornography....especially if you are sitting there downloading a cartoon or something for your 8 year old child and then it pops up as the sickest stuff that parents would never want their kids seeing their entire life.....but the sickos are all around on LimeWire, that is why I have put the whole program down for downloading adult content because it just isn't worth it because you have a chance of getting arrested or getting stuff that you don't really want to even look at.....but someone out there thinks that you do because you downloaded it, like the feds being one...

I suggest just looking on google or some other sites that have free porn like thehun.com or any other site that is free of charge porn, they are all around the web, and it is very rare to find child pornography because the feds bust child pornography sites very fast, if you search for a porn video or picture on google you will not find any cp content....that is why I use it.

This is one thing that is a universal crime to some extent everywhere....but I knew a perv once who taped (hidden) guests going to his bathroom...this sick twisted lump got it when the cable modem guy came over to check out his modem and found footage of young girls (daughter and friends) going to BR/shower, without being aware of this camera...He got a warning! A warning!

In the US it is VERRRRY bad to get caught with ANYTHING on your computer that even hints at CP... It doesn't even have to be genuine either, a convincingly youthful looking 18 yr old in a video or stills who claims to be underage is just as bad as the real thing! Here's another example of how screwey it can get. A former school chum of mine who lived in New York City was 23 at the time he was engaged to his fiance. She was 17 at the time. Now in NY state 17 is the "age of consent" which means it was perfectly legal for him to have as much sex with her as he felt like... His BIG mistake was to videotape some of their intimate moments... That you see was illegal... He just got out of prison last year... Spent 5 years there... If you are gonna down porno or anything else for that matter off of Limewire or any other place, I strongly recommend you get an external slave HD and use it for downloading exclusively... This way if you do get stuck with some nassty stuff in a DL you can use a HD scrubber on it and not affect your master drive... Just food for thought... Cheers, Cappy...

Watchers of KP and makers of KP disgust people more then serial killers. A prime example of this is how hard the FBI works to throw those guys in prison. And you get a long a** prison sentence just for having one pic of a minor showing any hint of sexual innuendoes on your comp.

I ran into KP once through a false download and by accident, after that I cleaned out my computer twice. Even though everything is deleted I have this shady feeling that the crap is somewhere still on my hard drive. I'm getting a new computer and the end of this month and I plan on incinerating my old one.