In when she was 9, the sexual abuse stopped and her uncle was arrested and imprisoned, but for more than a decade photos of the little girl have circulated on the Internet in some of the most widely distributed child pornography of all time -- "the Misty series. But not every jurisdiction agrees with the heavy court-ordered payments for those who view such images. Some judges have said restitution goes too far in punishing pedophiles whose only crime is to view photos, but Amy's lawyer, James Marsh , disagrees, saying the brutality in the "secret society" of child pornography requires tough measures. Marsh is now seeking restitution in cases that involve photos of Amy, through automated filings to the United States attorneys handling the cases. In , Marsh helped update a federal law that gives victims the right to sue anyone who produces, distributes or possess their child sex abuse images. So-called " Masha's Law " came out of a case of a Russian orphan girl, known as Masha Allen , who was targeted by a sophisticated child pedophile network. Her American adoptive father raped and sexually abused her for six years and distributed hundreds of images on the Internet. At the time, Marsh testified in Congress that social networking sites like MySpace and YouTube, as well as camera-enabled cell phones have "enabled and facilitated" child trafficking and the commercialization and distribution of child pornography. Amy first became aware of the photos in , when she began receiving victim notifications from government - now up to in all - which were mandated by the Victims of Crime Act. Each time a pedophile was prosecuted for downloading her images, a letter would arrive at her home, and she would relive the abuse.
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