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Nov. 25th, 2008 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fairjennetNow, this is worrying. Comic book collector prosecuted for his collection of lolicon and yaoi manga
"...despite the argument that there was no actual children portrayed in the manga, Handley faces felony obscenity charges, including the receipt and possession of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children."
I mean, yeah, child pornography is wrong. Wrongity, wrong, wrong, wrong. But HELLO people, fictional characters are not real. Books and art are supposed to be covered under the first amendment. If those protections go, what's next?
"So, what are you in for...stealing? selling drugs?"
"Nah, the cops found my copy of Clan of the Cave Bear."
It could happen, right? Ayla is under 18 when she loses her virginity. Both that and her beating are described pretty graphically. And I have a poster of John William Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs in my room. I guess I'd better take it down--those nymphs look pretty young. HOMG, child abuse!
*sigh*
Edit--another link
"And finally, for those of you who are active in fandoms such as Harry Potter, Twilight, Teen Titans, Young Avengers, or any other franchise for which there is a large volume of fan created art depicting fictional minors in an erotic fashion, a conviction means that Live Journal, Insane Journal, and Deviant Art will start cracking down on content and, of course, you are now open to criminal prosecution under the PROTECT act, because the previous protections which more or less exempted illustrations not based on real persons will have been substantially eroded."--Katherine Keller
Edit 2--Yeah, this is an America-centric post. Sorry...
"...despite the argument that there was no actual children portrayed in the manga, Handley faces felony obscenity charges, including the receipt and possession of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children."
I mean, yeah, child pornography is wrong. Wrongity, wrong, wrong, wrong. But HELLO people, fictional characters are not real. Books and art are supposed to be covered under the first amendment. If those protections go, what's next?
"So, what are you in for...stealing? selling drugs?"
"Nah, the cops found my copy of Clan of the Cave Bear."
It could happen, right? Ayla is under 18 when she loses her virginity. Both that and her beating are described pretty graphically. And I have a poster of John William Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs in my room. I guess I'd better take it down--those nymphs look pretty young. HOMG, child abuse!
*sigh*
Edit--another link
"And finally, for those of you who are active in fandoms such as Harry Potter, Twilight, Teen Titans, Young Avengers, or any other franchise for which there is a large volume of fan created art depicting fictional minors in an erotic fashion, a conviction means that Live Journal, Insane Journal, and Deviant Art will start cracking down on content and, of course, you are now open to criminal prosecution under the PROTECT act, because the previous protections which more or less exempted illustrations not based on real persons will have been substantially eroded."--Katherine Keller
Edit 2--Yeah, this is an America-centric post. Sorry...
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Date: 2008-11-25 06:41 pm (UTC):(
ETA: OY! I have a copy of Gerard & Jaques!! OH NOES!!
*runs to hide thumb drive*
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Date: 2008-12-13 08:08 pm (UTC)Mmmm...high school manga. :D
I'll see your Gerard & Jaques and raise you a Lost Boys. Man, even my love of barely legal shy boys couldn't let me read that one without the squicks. Ew. :p