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12-01-2006, 01:25 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Indictments (http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2006/ag_speech_061128.html) unsealed Tuesday in the Northern District of Alabama focused a new spotlight on some of the inherent absurdities in U.S. child pornography and record-keeping laws.
In a nutshell, the indictments charge Marc Evan Greenberg, 42, Jeffrey Robert Libman, 39, and Webe Web Corporation—all of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.—and teen glamour photographer Jeff Pierson, 43, of Brookwood, Ala., with conspiring to produce and distribute child pornography via the Web. On the surface, the charges seem straightforward: Greenberg, Libman, and their company contracted with Pierson and others to obtain images of fully clothed girls younger than 18 for a collection of “child-modeling” websites that solicited subscriptions. Pierson, an auto racing photographer of some repute, was able to supply the images because he also operated a business that supplied portfolios to aspiring child models. The web of websites operated by Webe Web and the mechanics of subscription and interaction between members—at least as reported by Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigators—made the operation sound suspiciously like a child-porn front.
“The indictment alleges that these defendants conspired to produce pornographic images of under-aged girls posing in lascivious positions for profit, under the pretense of offering professional modeling services,” Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher said in a statement.
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In a nutshell, the indictments charge Marc Evan Greenberg, 42, Jeffrey Robert Libman, 39, and Webe Web Corporation—all of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.—and teen glamour photographer Jeff Pierson, 43, of Brookwood, Ala., with conspiring to produce and distribute child pornography via the Web. On the surface, the charges seem straightforward: Greenberg, Libman, and their company contracted with Pierson and others to obtain images of fully clothed girls younger than 18 for a collection of “child-modeling” websites that solicited subscriptions. Pierson, an auto racing photographer of some repute, was able to supply the images because he also operated a business that supplied portfolios to aspiring child models. The web of websites operated by Webe Web and the mechanics of subscription and interaction between members—at least as reported by Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigators—made the operation sound suspiciously like a child-porn front.
“The indictment alleges that these defendants conspired to produce pornographic images of under-aged girls posing in lascivious positions for profit, under the pretense of offering professional modeling services,” Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher said in a statement.
more (http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Web_Exclusive_News&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=280252)