coinflipper_21 (imported) wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:24 am So, with all the good intent of the law, let's see what actually happens when you have laws like this.

http://news.cnet.com/Police-blotter-Tee ... 57857.html

Here we have two teenagers, taking pictures of themselves and the girl sent them to the personal e-mail account of the boy. How this came to the attention of the authorities is not exactly clear. The speculation is that the boy's mother wanted to end the relationship and turned them in, apparently not realizing what she was letting them in for. They were charged and convicted of producing, distributing and possession of child pornography, and because there was the possibility that someone else might have seen the pictures at some time in the future the appeals court upheld the conviction as meeting the letter of the law.

It seems that the Law of Unintended Consequences applies over all.