Well, I guess Ageplay is now Officially banned

SL is private entity owned by LL and free speech as a consitutional right does not apply, I'm afraid.

Hence the bits in the TOS such as...

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT LINDEN LAB HAS THE RIGHT, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION, TO REMOVE ANY CONTENT (INCLUDING YOUR CONTENT) IN WHOLE OR IN PART AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON OR NO REASON, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITH NO LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.

Well you could always do a search for Child on SLX and tell me if you think those are adults?

Um.. yeah... I kinda DO think they're adults. In fact, I assume that the person that made the AV is an adult.

But that's not what I said. Would a search for Child on SLX result in something indistinguishable from an actual child?

The section I quoted, by the way, is from YOUR link.

So they're just depicting small adults with child like features then?

Akchally...

( “child pornography” means any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where—
(A) the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;
(B) such visual depiction is a digital image, computer image, or computer-generated image that is, or is indistinguishable from, that of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
(C) such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

From: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002256----000-.html

I guess the question is: Are Second Life avatars indistinguishable from an image of "a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct"?

Would you seriously not be able to distinguish an AV on SL from a real person?

What are you talking about?

You said "the consensus was to ban child av's". That's incorrect.
The rest... huh?

1. stop people being able to make their avatars be depictions of children. there is NO reason to depict yourself as a child in Second Life. NONE.

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The only real way to get rid of this problem is to ban all ageplay in sl. I cant stand any ageplay, it bugs me alot to see it in sl. As long as they allow ageplay they will always be people that will do sexual ageplay.

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Is it not easier to ban child avs all together than to require every resident to be verified? I know that not all child avs engage in sexual age play, but which is the lesser evil - have a minority of avs not be able to be children or require every resident to be verified to use the whole of the grid?

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Sex with children is disgusting in Second Life, adults or not. I wish childrens avatars were not allowed here especially since everyone is supposed to be over 18 anyway

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Some people have problems distinguishing SL from RL.

Would you seriously not be able to distinguish an AV on SL from a real person?

Okay you I have to stop talking to before I lose my religion. It's obvious you probably have a kid AV tucked away somewhere.

Again Mickey, how do you think this will be enforced? Ageplay police? Who gets to decided what is and what is not appropriate conduct for a child av played by an adult? Should they be forced to stay in G rated areas (that don't exist at this point)?

Okay you I have to stop talking to before I lose my religion. It's obvious you probably have a kid AV tucked away somewhere.

Okay you I have to stop talking to before I lose my religion. It's obvious you probably have a kid AV tucked away somewhere.

Sorry Religion is the next target....May sweeps is going on...gotta get BIG ratings.

indistinguishable

Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known

A child AV is NOT indistinguishable from an actual child, not is it an ACTUAL depiction of a child.

Wow... that's nice. Now a disgusting accusation because someone's arguing with you? That's low.

Sorry Religion is the next target....May sweeps is going on...gotta get BIG ratings.

I think you have missed something in that law, though. As posted before, someone was sent to jail for having anime images. An anime child is clearly not indistinguishable from an actual child, yet they were still convicted.

I think part of this is that the law also says that if the image is "created" to portray an "identifiable" child, it's illegal. In other words, if you made your avatar to look like something which could be identified as a child, (no matter if you intended it that way or not), it's illegal to use it for sexual conduct.

Now the only question remaining is; are they going to do about all the real life 14 year old girls posing as adults to works as SL prostitutes?

Any plans, LL, to deal with them?

Now the only question remaining is; are they going to do about all the real life 14 year old girls posing as adults to works as SL prostitutes?

Any plans, LL, to deal with them?

Will that mean, as a result, avatars will be banned from yelling "OMG!" at each other from across a sim?

If so, I'm all for it.

No, it isn't a computer generated child. It could be whatever the person behind it says it is. It could just as easily be a computer-generated hobbit, or a computer-generated short, slightly-built adult.

It's not really an accusation. More along the lines of a calculated observation.

And at this point they were just trying to get me on semantics.

But here we go. Find me a link where it says that Age play is....LEGAL.