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Re:Rick Falkvinge: Why free speech is harmed by the ban on c... by stickfigure on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:17PM (#4496458)
Twenty years ago I would have challenged someone to find a case of a 17 year old being prosecuted for child pornography for taking a picture of themselves. Or a 19 year old being forced to register as a sex offender because of a 17 year old partner.

These laws have already been pushed to unreasonable extremes.

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Re:Rick Falkvinge: Why free speech is harmed by the ban on c... by birdcircle on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:24PM (#4496482)
Like I said I haven't thought about or researched this enough to have a strong opinion so I'm relying on really basic assumptions.

"a case of a 17 year old being prosecuted for child pornography for taking a picture of themselves."

Has this happened? Hypotheticals don't help any. We need facts in order to move forward with the conversation.

EDIT: it has, in fact, happened. The facts are indeed in Google.

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