by Gary Nissenbaum | May 29, 2014 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
Are internet publishers responsible for advertisements for potential sexual liaisons with minors? In the middle of last year, a US District Court for the District of New Jersey found that a New Jersey Statute creating such responsibility was likely unconstitutional....
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jun 27, 2013 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
18 U.S.C. 2257 generally serves as an insurmountable impediment to posting a person’s sexually explicit photographs on a revenge porn site. These sites consist of video and still pictures that are posted without the consent of the person being photographed. Normally,...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Sep 19, 2012 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
Does a producer of a breastfeeding instructional video have to abide by §2257? What about the mother who volunteers to allow herself and her baby to be filmed? How about somebody who illegally uses the breastfeeding video to create an adult video? This was addressed...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Aug 14, 2012 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
Recently, an enterprising producer of adult content created a pornographic film utilizing the Sims cartoon characters. While of course, this is likely a trademark and copyright violation – since it is doubtful that the owners of the Sims software would license...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jul 18, 2012 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
One of the unanswered questions in the adult industry is to what extent the prostitution laws prohibit the activities underlying the adult content. The position taken by Arizona officials on this issue is that the activity underlying adult content would violate...
by Gary Nissenbaum | Jun 11, 2012 | Internet Picture Removal Law Blog
The requirements of 18 U.S.C. §2257 (“2257”) impose certain record-keeping obligations on the producers of sexually explicit material. The constitutionality of the statute has been challenged in recent years, but courts have usually indicated that 2257 is...
