California Western Law Review Volume 44 Number 2 Article 5 2008 Untangling Child Pornography From the Adult Entertainment Industry: An Inside Look at the Industry's Efforts to Protect Minors Robert D. Richards Pennsylvania State University Clay Calvert Pennsylvania State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr Recommended Citation Richards, Robert D. and Calvert, Clay (2008) "Untangling Child Pornography From the Adult Entertainment Industry: An Inside Look at the Industry's Efforts to Protect Minors," California Western Law Review: Vol. 44 : No. 2 , Article 5. Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr/vol44/iss2/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CWSL Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in California Western Law Review by an authorized editor of CWSL Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Richards and Calvert: Untangling Child Pornography From the Adult Entertainment Industr ESSAY UNTANGLING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FROM THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE INDUSTRY'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT MINORS ROBERT D. RICHARDS' & CLAY CALVERT- I. INTRODUCTION "Childpornography has become a global crisis. That was the sobering message Ernie Allen, head of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC),2 delivered to 9 Distinguished Professor of Journalism & Law and Founding Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment at The Pennsylvania State University. B.A., 1983, M.A. 1984, Communication, The Pennsylvania State University; J.D., 1987, The American University. Member, State Bar of Pennsylvania. The authors thank Benjamin Cramer and Lauren DeCarvalho of The Pennsylvania State University for their careful reviews of this article.