Child p*rnography is illegal even if the pictures are drawn, a federal appeals panel said in affirming the nation's first conviction under a 2003 federal law against such cartoons.
Dwight Whorley of Richmond is serving 20 years in prison, convicted in 2005 of using a public computer for job-seekers at the Virginia Employment Commission to receive 20 Japanese cartoons, called anime, illustrating young girls being forced to have s*x with men. Whorley also received digital photographs of actual children engaging in s*xual conduct and sent and received e-mails graphically describing parents s*xually molesting their children.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld his conviction. Wits are already putting disclaimers on stick figure comics, asserting that all stick figures, even the short ones, are over 18 years old. The capital letter "H" is also under suspicion for child p*rn.
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i agree that the act was detestable, but the law is terrible. what next i can be animal cruelty because i draw a mustache and horns on Mickey Mouse?
Posted by: Abu do you love ||
12/20/2008 14:12 Comments ||
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err... i can be charged with animal cruelty..
Posted by: Abu do you love ||
12/20/2008 14:13 Comments ||
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"Put the pencil down, son ..."
Posted by: Steve White ||
12/20/2008 15:20 Comments ||
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Pencils are so 70's..
That should be "Shutdown the Photoshop son...."...
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Bart Simpson is over 20 years old (since inception), yet he's a child in The Simpsons. He's been portrayed naked and mooning his yellow butt0cks. Under this asinine ruling, it could be called pr0n. I'd say cartoon pr0n could be demeaning, clasless, stupid, and remain legal. If you get your ultimate jollies seeing Scooby get a Daphne-snack, well, I pity you, but I don't think you should go to jail for B3stialty
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