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    18 USC Sec. 2252B                                           01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 110 - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN

HEAD

    Sec. 2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet

STATUTE

      (a) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the
    Internet with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material
    constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title or
    imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
      (b) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the
    Internet with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material
    that is harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this
    title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
      (c) For the purposes of this section, a domain name that includes
    a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site, such as
    "sex" or "porn", is not misleading.
      (d) For the purposes of this section, the term "material that is
    harmful to minors" means any communication, consisting of nudity,
    sex, or excretion, that, taken as a whole and with reference to its
    context -
        (1) predominantly appeals to a prurient interest of minors;
        (2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult
      community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material
      for minors; and
        (3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific
      value for minors.
      (e) For the purposes of subsection (d), the term "sex" means acts
    of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physcial (!1) contact with
    a person's genitals, or the condition of human male or female
    genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 108-21, title V, Sec. 521(a), Apr. 30, 2003, 117
    Stat. 686; amended Pub. L. 109-248, title II, Sec. 206(b)(4), July
    27, 2006, 120 Stat. 614.)

AMENDMENTS

      2006 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-248 substituted "10 years" for "4
    years".

FOOTNOTE

    (!1) So in original. Probably should be "physical".