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CG Idols - Human Not Required

Posted by michael on from the worshipping-rendered-images dept.

greymond sent in a blurb about computer-generated celebrities in Japan. I'm sure a fair number of you have read Idoru... The Final Fantasy movie didn't do well, but I think it's safe to predict that eventually, computer-generated celebrities will be as numerous as live ones. There are so many advantages for the purveyors of pop culture, ranging from "never gets arrested for drunk driving" to "never demands salary increases", that I think it's inevitable.

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  1. Re:Animated celebs... by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Informative
    That's a *very* good point. I wonder if we'll start seeing legislation about stuff like that?

    There already is legislation making kiddie porn illegal even if it is just given the appearance of kiddie porn. That is, a young looking 18 year old wearing a junior high school shirt and pigtails in a pornographic act could be considered kiddie porn. I'd imagine that CG kiddie porn would fall under that.

    However, not to be grotesque, but as of now, there isn't any legislation banning other kinds of CG porn. There's no reason why CG characters couldn't participate in a sexual snuff film, extreme mutilation, etc.