Melon Farmers Original Version

Criminalising Anime


Government to criminalise drawings of child sex abuse


22nd October
2008
  

Update: Dangerous Cartoons...

Man convicted for computer generated child pseudo photos
Anime girl of indeterminent age

How the fuck are we expected
to know how old she is?

A man who downloaded cartoon-style pictures of child abuse has been ordered to register as a sex offender.

Robul Hoque had thousands of non-real images of child abuse on his computer downloaded from an online comic strip.

Many of the images were so realistic they were considered by a jury to be indistinguishable from photographs.

He was found guilty last month at Teeside Crown Court of six charges of having indecent pseudo-photographs.

Police forensic experts said the case was a legal first, which had prompted calls for new legislation to tackle computer-generated child pornography.

Ordering unemployed Hoque to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for five years, Judge Peter Bowers said: This was highly unusual case because the children involved were very much the product of a computer image. Effectively, they crossed the line of what is illegal and what is lawfully permitted.

He also ordered Hoque to complete an internet sex offenders treatment programme and 18 months community punishment.

Speaking after the hearing, Ray Savage, a forensic computer analyst for Cleveland Police, said new legislation was being considered aimed at dealing with pseudo-photographs.

He said: Until today, we have never had computer graphic or cartoon type images deemed as pseudo-photographs and put before the court. Though no actual child has been abused, it helps to feed the demand.

 

1st June
2008

 Offsite: Government Seal of Moral Approval...

UK to outlaw cartoons of child sexual abuse

See article from theregister.co.uk

 

12th March
2008
  

No Response...

Consultation re possession of non-photographic depictions of child sexual abuse
Anime girl of indeterminent age

How the fuck are we expected
to know how old she is?

The Government  initiated the consultation last year inviting interested individuals and organisations by 22nd June 2007

The Home Office have so far not followed up with any indication of responses suggesting that the consultation has quietly been shelved.

This assertion is backed up by a related clause that appeared in the next Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. This criminalises the possession of images derived from real images of child abuse. Eg using Photoshop to generate an oil painting effect from a real picture.

However the Scottish Executive have published responses

The BBFC Response made some good points about the difficulties of actually determining the age of characters in stylised animation.




 

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