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26th December
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Ludicrous issues caused by commonplace Simpsons jokey cartoon porn
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See article
from spaldingtoday.co.uk
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A victim of the Dangerous Pictures Act has admitted breaking a court order by looking at cartoon porn images of The Simpsons on his phone.
Scott Wright viewed the jokey photoshopped footage of Lisa and Bart Simpson after it was sent to his mobile by a friend. But Wright, was banned from using an internet-enabled phone after previously pleading guilty to eleven charges of possessing
extreme pornography.
Lisa Hardy, persecuting, said police found the device when they searched the room Wright was staying in in Lincoln. Wright admitted he had seen the images and asked for them to be sent to his phone.
The court heard Wright had been caught with a prohibited mobile phone on two earlier occasions and he was made the subject of a sexual offences prevention order which banned him from using a computer or other internet-enabled device unless it
was fitted with censorship software approved by Lincolnshire Police.
Sunil Khanna, mitigating, said Wright did not view the footage of The Simpsons in a sexual manner and regarded it as a joke.
Wright pleaded guilty to three charges of breaking a sexual offences order and one charge of breaching a youth rehabilitation order between December 2011 and October this year.
He was sentenced to two years supervision and ordered to complete a 30 day activity program. Passing sentence Judge Michael Heath warned Wright he could have no complaint if he was sent to jail.
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19th August
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Berlusconi needs to watch the Dangerous Cartoons Act
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From Alan
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 A quick e-mail from holiday. Earlier today I was in the local branch of Mondadori, Italy's biggest bookshop chain and publisher - think
Waterstone's and Harper Collins combined - owned by Silvio Bunga Bunga Berlusconi. Among the special offers was a little volume called XXX Manga (A quick look on google.it reveals all, but be wary of looking at it in the UK, since it shows the front
cover.)
This book, freely on sale in mainstream high street and online booksellers in Italy, presents a few erotic manga stories, with speech bubble in Italian translation. Since the artists follow the usual Japanese manga convention of showing characters with
young-looking faces, I am pretty sure that it would fall foul of the Dangerous Cartoons Act. The same point was made about a painting of the ukiyo-e school which sold for a few hundred thousand bucks in New York, and showed a multitasking young mum looking
after a toddler while engaged in vigorous sexual congress. The picture therefore showed sexual activity in the presence of a child and would fall foul of the DCA.
I wonder when politicians are going to realise what a hole they're digging with their kneejerk authoritarianism. In the recent urethral sounding/fisting case, they ended up throwing one of their own to the wolves. And even the best reactions to the disgraceful
Pussy Riot persecution from British politicians - I have in mind Kerry McCarthy - have been somewhat muted by their realisation that similar actions could be classified as crime in other countries too. ( Of course, if it happened in Westminster Abbey we
wouldn't have a political trial like Putin. Oh dearie me, no.
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16th June
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Swedish Supreme Court dismisses Japanese manga porn charges
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See article
from thelocal.se
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Japanese manga comics depicting children in sexual poses are not child pornography, Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled, overturning a high-profile conviction of a Swedish translator.
In a ruling issued on Friday, the court acquitted Simon Lundstrom, who had been found guilty of child pornography crimes by two lower courts before appealing his case to Sweden's highest court.
According to the Supreme Court's ruling, the drawings are pornographic and they do portray children. However, because the cartoons represent imaginary figures there is no way they could be mistaken for real children.
The criminalization of possession of the drawings would otherwise exceed what is necessary with regard to the purpose which has led to the restriction on freedom of expression and freedom of information, the court said in a statement.
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20th March
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Man arrested by Canadian Customs re Manga comics has been cleared of criminal charges
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See press release
from cbldf.org
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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund are pleased to announce that the Crown has withdrawn all criminal charges in R. v. Matheson, the case previously described as the Brandon X case, which involved a comic book
reader who faced criminal charges in Canada relating to comic books on his computer. The defendant, Ryan Matheson, a 27-year-old comic book reader, amateur artist, and computer programmer has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
After a search of his laptop in 2010, Matheson was wrongfully accused of possessing and importing child pornography because of constitutionally protected comic book images on that device. He was subjected to abusive treatment by police and a disruption
in his life that included a two-year period during which he was unable to use computers or the internet outside of his job, severely limiting opportunities to advance his employment and education.
Matheson has agreed to plead to a non-criminal code regulatory offense under the Customs Act of Canada. As a result of the agreement, Matheson will not stand trial.
Although the outcome of this case is ultimately positive, comic book readers should be aware that there are still dangers for traveling with comics in Canada. Michael Edelson, who managed the defense said:
Aside from the very positive outcome to this story, your members should be cautioned concerning the search and seizure regime here in Canada exercised by the Canadian Border Services Agency. Moreover, they should also be aware that although
anime and manga is legal in many areas of the United States and Japan, etc., to possess and utilize, the Canadian authorities may take a different view if this material is found on any laptops or mobile devices when you enter the country.
Edelson’s firm has created a new advisory on traveling with comics and manga in Canada that is available here: CBLDF –
Legal Memorandum – Canada Issues
. The CBLDF’s previous advisory, which addresses the issues of traveling with comics through international borders is located here:
CBLDF Advisory – Comic Book Art at Intl Borders
Please visit cbldf.org
today to make a donation in support of paying off Ryan's legal defense and creating new tools to combat abuses like this from happening in the future. You can also support this effort by becoming a member of the CBLDF. Every contribution helps CBLDF get Ryan
back on his feet, and furthers our efforts to protect the First Amendment rights of comics and manga.
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18th February
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Cartoon porn implicated in US murder case
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See article
from opposingviews.com
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 The Olympia, Washington, father who murdered his two boys with a hatchet, then burned down his house in an explosive inferno
apparently had a collection of cartoon porn.
Utah authorities investigating the unsolved 2009 disappearance of Josh Powell's wife knew of 400 pornographic images that Powell kept on his computer. According to a psychologist's official findings, the images were of great concern and
suggested a more penetrating psychological evaluation of Josh Powell was needed before granting him access to his children.
That evaluation was never to be. Just six days after Powell's psychologist went on record, Powell killed himself after murdering his two young sons.
Many of the images recovered from Powell's computer depicted popular cartoon characters in sexual situations and provocative poses. The cartoons that turned up in Powell's collection included Rugrats, Dennis the Menace and SpongeBob SquarePants,
according to the Washington Post.
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How are we expected
to know how old she is? |
Criminalising Anime Dangerous Cartoons
Act
The UK Government has introduced a clause in Coroners
and Justice Bill to criminalise the possession of non photographic but
pornographic images of children with draconian penalties of up to 3
years in prison.
Public Consultation
The Ministry of Justice has published a
summary of responses [pdf] to a consultation
paper that sought views on making all supposedly obscene images of children illegal
including cartoons and drawings:
The Act
The Dangerous Cartoons clauses
are found in
Part 2 Chapter 2 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
and
explanatory notes.
The Melon Farmers have also identified what they
consider the
key points of the law
Current
Status
The Bill passed into law when it received
Royal Assent on 12th November 2009. The Dangerous Cartoons
clauses
came into force on 6th April 2010.
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