What Perez Hilton did, is it considered child pornography?

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It appears that there never was an up-skirt photo of Ms. Cyrus with no panties on. This was simply a "link baiting" campaign by the despicable Perez Hilton.

Here is how "link baiting" works... Hilton Tweets that he has a pantyless up-skirt pic of Cyrus, and includes a fake link to the picture in the Tweet. People both click on the link, and forward it to all their friends.

The link comes up 'page not found', so the people trying to see it Google "Perez Hilton Miley Cyrus Pic". Many of the search results will be to sites that are carrying 'click-through' links to Hilton's website. Every time someone clicks on one of those links, Hilton gets a small fee. Multiply that by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world, and Hilton gets a bunch of money.

The picture that is actually on Hilton's site is a picture shot up Miley's skirt as she gets out of a small sports car. There is, however, a large Perez Hilton logo over her crotch, so you cannot see if she is wearing panties or not. Hilton, while despicable, is not stupid, and I doubt very much that the alleged pantyless picture ever was posted - because if it was, it would be child porn.

Richard