Facts: 16.5 year old girl is dating 18.25 year old boy. She has a cell phone with a camera. He apparently has a nicer cell phone. They strike a deal to trade phones with the provision that she take nude photographs of herself on her cell phone and then gives it to him.

Soon thereafter, the relationship goes south. Now ex-boyfriend goes around school and uses the cell phone's bluetooth function to transfer the pictures to his buddies and friends. All of buddies and friends who got the pictures are within 2 years of the age of the girl.

Has anybody committed any illegal act?

Maybe I am missing something, but is that not dissemination of child porn?

Sexual performance (promotion or distribution)?

Isn't that sort of what happened with the girl who stars in the High School Musical movie? Was it a crime to post her picture on the internet?

What you have is Sexual Performance by a Child PC 43.25. However, there seems to be an affirmative defense since the two parties are within 2 years of each other. I don't think you have enough except to tell this girl PLEASE do the smart thing and don't let dudes take pictures of you naked. Learning Experience.

Chris Rock says that a father's duty is to "keep his daughter off the pole." Perhaps he needs to amend the duties to keeping her naked pictures off the internet and cell-phones.

To see Mr. Rock deliver his fatherly sermon, click here. Caution: Mr. Rock does use lots of profanity.

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That's too funny JB. Girls really need to realize that one nude photo can go worldwide very, very quickly.

Source: Vanessa Hudgens Sent Nude Photo to Drake Bell

SEPTEMBER 08, 2007

Following the appearance on the Web of a nude photo of Vanessa Hudgens, a source close to the situation tells PEOPLE that the High School Musical actress once sent risqu� photos of herself to Nickelodeon star Drake Bell.

Hudgens had emailed photos to the Drake and Josh actor a couple of years ago, before she was famous, the source says.

Bell's rep, Jill Fritzo, tells PEOPLE of the images that began hitting blogs on Thursday: "Drake says he never received those photos."

Hudgens, 18, appeared in a 2006 episode of Bell's Nickelodeon show as his character's girlfriend. In real life, Hudgens is dating her High School Musical costar Zac Efron, and the two are in Australia at the moment, where he is promoting Hairspray.

In a statement Friday, Hudgens apologized for the pictures and says she is "embarrassed over the situation and regret[s] having ever taken these photos."

The pictures, including one nude photo, first surfaced on the Web Thursday, prompting her rep to issue a statement saying that the shot "was taken privately. It is a personal matter and it is unfortunate that this has become public."

The Disney Channel has said it is continuing negotiations with the High School Musical cast, including Hudgens, for a third installment of the movie series, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Vanessa has apologized for what was obviously a lapse in judgment," Disney said in a statement. "We hope she's learned a valuable lesson."

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Maybe I am missing something, but is that not dissemination of child porn?

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Originally posted by JB:
Sexual performance (promotion or distribution)?

Isn't that sort of what happened with the girl who stars in the High School Musical movie? Was it a crime to post her picture on the internet?

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There's an absolute defense to both Posssession/Promotion of Child Pornography and Sexual Performance by a Child by a child if everybody (meaning child in video, person distributing videos, and recipients of videos) are within 2 years of age.

The way I read these two statutes, you can freely make and distribute child porgnography so long as your within two years of age of the child/children in the videos. That just can't be right.

The girl in the original story as at least as responsible as the boys because she made the photos and she is also the one that "released" them.

Would you charge her?

Did no one learn anything from Tonya Harding???? Geez.