2005 Rhode Island Code - § 11-64-1 — Definitions.

    (1) For the purposes of this section the following definitions apply:

   (a) "Disseminate" means to make available by any means to any person.

   (b) "Imaging Device" means any electronic instrument capable of capturing, recording, storing or transmitting visual images.

   (c) "Intimate areas" means the naked or undergarment clad genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola of a person which the person intended to be protected from public view.

   (d) "Legal entity" means any partnership, firm, association, corporation or any agent or servant thereof.

   (e) "Publish" means to:

   (i) Disseminate with the intent that such image or images be made available by any means to any person or other legal entity;

   (ii) Disseminate with the intent such images be sold by another person or legal entity;

   (iii) Post, present, display, exhibit, circulate, advertise or allow access by any means, so as to make an image or images available to the public; or

   (iv) Disseminate with the intent that an image or images be posted, presented, displayed, exhibited, circulated, advertised or made accessible by any means, and to make such images available to the public.

   (f) "Sell" means to disseminate to another person, or to publish, in exchange for something of value.