Susan

Earlier today I received a mail from a site inviting me to sign up to its webmaster program. After taking a peek I discovered that the site has full nude pictures of girls aged 9 - 17. This is no small time operator, the site is huge and written in 3 languages.

Here is their legal statement.
Is this true ? If it is then all sites showing nudes of underage girls are legal.

I have replaced the site name with "this site" the rest is as found.

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This site does not contain any pornographic images.

For art pictures there is no age limit!

In the time honored tradition and within the laws of the United States of America
and most states and municipalities, the visual depiction and appreciation of the female form,
including the pubescent female form, has been and is legal.
this site supports the laws of the United States of America
and gladly and willingly conforms to these laws.

In supporting the laws of the United States of America, this site
vehemently opposes what is commonly referred to as "child pornography"
and legally defined by United States Code Title 18 Part 1 Chapter 110 Section 2256
as images containing "sexually explicit conduct..."

This site , in accordance with the Constitution, believes that the right to view
and appreciate nude images of minors in an artistic and aesthetic manner is guaranteed.
The validity of this is confirmed by the numerous artistic photography books of nude minors
openly available for sale throughout the United States. This site is simply offering you the
same opportunity to view aesthetically pleasing images
as the major bookstores do, just at a lower cost.

As with all art, the question of the work's artistic value is left solely to the viewer,
and as such, This site does not expect all viewers to like or even approve
of nude images of minors. This site asks only that all viewers, whatever
their personal feelings, view the images as art and respect the rights granted by the
Constitution of the United States of America.