Australian Law - cartoon porn
those with Simpsons cartoon porn and the manga had better start to encrypt their drives
I remember seeing the simpsons stuff years ago passed around via email .
I think it is easier to just encrypt my drives rather than hunt though everything to check to see if it might get me sent to jail as a possesor of child porn or some other fcuking law.
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CARTOON characters are people too, a judge has ruled in the case of a man convicted over cartoons based on The Simpsons, in which children are shown having sex.
In the New South Wales Supreme Court today, Justice Michael Adams ruled that a fictional cartoon character was a "person" within the meaning of the relevant state and commonwealth laws.
Alan John McEwan was appealing his February conviction for possessing child pornography and using his computer to access child pornography.
"The alleged pornography comprised a series of cartoons depicting figures modelled on members of the television animated series The Simpsons," the judge said.
The cartoons showed characters such as Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson having sex.
McEwan was convicted and fined $3000 and placed on a good behaviour bond.
"In my view, the magistrate was correct in determining that, in respect of both the commonwealth and the NSW offences, the word 'person' included fictional or imaginary characters ...," the judge said.
"... the mere fact that the figure depicted departed from a realistic representation in some respects of a human being did not mean that such a figure was not a 'person'."
Do you have child porn on your computer?
Do you have any cartoons of Bart and Lisa at it? How about Pebbles and Bam-bam, Elroy and Judy Jetson? You could be convicted of possession of child pornography.
A Supreme Court judge has ruled that an internet cartoon, in which child characters resembling those from The Simpsons engage in sexual acts, is child pornography.
In a landmark finding, Justice Michael Adams today upheld a magistrate's decision convicting a man of possessing child pornography after the cartoons - depicting characters modelled on Bart, Lisa and Maggie engaging in sex acts - were found on his computer.
Simpsons cartoon rip-off is child porn: judge - Technology - smh.com.au
How rediculous is this? Surely child pornography laws are designed to protect children from sexual abuse.
