@hawkeye10,
DAVID wrote:In my State, NY, the age of consent for sexuality is 17.
hawkeye10 wrote:Can this 17 yo enter into a contract to sell these pics? Can she give them away as a minor?
I was about to respond with a quick,
YES, but I must pause.
Firstly, minors can freely contract; no problem for the minors.
Those contracts are fully valid, but "voidable" in many instances,
if desired by the minor (not so qua the purchase of "necessaries"
e.g.: food, maybe subway rides, etc).
I pause because of the possible effects of the federal and the NY
anti-pornografy laws themselves. It may very well
BE, and it probably
IS,
that a person of any age is prohibited from selling or giving away the censored material.
My answer to your questions is:
YES, EXCEPT for the anti-pornografy laws themselves.
In other words, if no human beings were shown in those pictures,
then she coud freely sell them or give them away, if she owns them.
I have not spent much time researching either of those statutes,
tho I did read the federal statute (not recently). I 'm pretty sure
that I did
not find an exception for people below any age
being
immune from the criminal effects of the statute.
Accordingly, if a couple of 16 year olds made love while photografing
themselves (maybe in front of a computer camera),
or if thay were not deemed to be wearing sufficient clothing,
thay might well be open to criminal prosecution
with draconian results.
( again: just casual, off-the-cuff, without proper research and no warranty )
David