http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-795.ZS.html

...The CPPA also prohibits speech having serious redeeming value,
proscribing the visual depiction of an idea�that of teenagers engaging in
sexual activity�that is a fact of modern society and has been a theme in
art and literature for centuries. A number of acclaimed movies, filmed
without any child actors, explore themes within the wide sweep of the
statute�s prohibitions. If those movies contain a single graphic
depiction of sexual activity within the statutory definition, their
possessor would be subject to severe punishment without inquiry into the
literary value of the work. This is inconsistent with an essential First
Amendment rule: A work�s artistic merit does not depend on the presence
of a single explicit scene. ...

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