[blazey]

Since law has been brought up, and I work with kids, I know that many places have policy which doesnt print childrens full names or names at all under picutres.

It is particularly in place for when people have injunctions against people to protect their childrens safety, so that if they come across a picture of a child in a newpaper or whatever, they may think there is a chance but it isn't as blatantly obvious as when a name is underneath the picture.

The department that I work for at the university had an issue a few years back where they made the mistake of printing a little girls name under the picture in their publication for a summer course or something like that and she had to go through an unpleasant experience where her father tracked her down... not very nice. So we safeguard children that way.

We also have rules against taking pictures. We aren't allowed to take them unless asked to by whoever is supervising us, children have to have consent forms off their parents. There are even rules about being in pictures with the students themselves but this isfor our protection as well as theres.

What do I think about the internet and photographs? Well, I think intimate pictures such as your kids splashing nude in the bath or whatever should definitely not go on the internet... though saying that... my friend at uni has a picture of himself as a child in the bath with his sister... so it makes me wonder... are we bothered about paedophiles having material to get kicks out of like this, or are we only concerned when the child in the photo is still a child... I don't have the answer to that... but I wouldn't hesitate about putting similar pictures of myself up, but then if I'm not being abused in the picture then am I being abused if the picture is used for that?

I have very liberal views on these things anyway and I suppose one would call me 'lenient' though obviously I find it wrong just like anyone else, just find it a more interesting phenomenon I guess than some people who obviously just think of it in a purely criminal way. More in the sense of how a psychologist might like to look at it I guess. If I had time I'd like to read more into these things but I just don't.