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>And it was legal for people to send this image to others, and to post it online unhindered

Even if child pornography were legal, that doesn't remove all laws about personality rights. You can't make and freely distribute any pictures of me without my consent (or the guardians consent in the case of minors).

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I think you will find, depending on where you live, that personality rights are often much narrower than that. In general the rights stem from protections against passing off or unauthorised use in an advertising context. In Australia and in most US states personality rights wouldn't have much to say about pornography, far as I know.

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