Australian Law - cartoon porn

[baldrick]

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.

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'."

[kingwilly]

fookn hell.... convicted for having some simpsons pics?

[Texpat]

They've lost it.

[ChiangMai noon]

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'

what a load of cobblers.
????

[baldrick]

I wonder if I risk being done for murder when I delete cartoon porn from my hard drives ?

[Texpat]

They'll lock you up for thinking bad thoughts.

[ChiangMai noon]

I wonder if I risk being done for murder when I delete cartoon porn from my hard drives ?

watched 'taken' last night.
Liam Neeson must have killed about 70 people trying to get his daughter back.

Was it a snuff movie?

[Bung]

Classic Australian nanny state BS.

[TizMe]

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.

[DrivingForce]

it is rediculous and that is the PC world we are heading towards at light speed, but I don't have any on my computer anyway.... ..........but in all seriousness I don't....

[TizMe]

Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist.

Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist - web - Technology - smh.com.au

Wikipedia has been blacklisted by a British online child pornography watchdog, causing almost every internet user in Britain to be blocked from contributing to the site anonymously.
The British Government-backed Internet Watch Foundation blacklisted Wikipedia over an article on the 1976 album Virgin Killer by German heavy metal band Scorpions.

[Nawty]

I have a couple of bart porn cartoons, have had for a long time...shame on me.

[Texpat]

I hear they're jailing people for just looking at children.

Sick bastards.

[DrAndy]

It is nonsense; the convictions for having child porn are based on the premise that, by buying pics of children being abused, you are contributing to the demand for such abuse. That is reasonable

having pics of Bart doing it hardly contributed to Bart being abused more, as he does not exist

[DrivingForce]

well KW ought to be along any time now hypocritically proclaiming that it is all in the best interest of protecting our precious little creations from the evils of pedophiles the world over.. not because he disagrees mind you but more likely just to troll and argue for argument's sake..

[mrsquirrel]

If it was a lifelike cartoon of a man fucking an 8 year old girl or a 9 year old boy would you say that is is ridiculous?

[dirtydog]

So is the guy now classified as a sex offender? Do you remember those glasses that were popular in Thailand a few years ago with birth signs and stick figures having sex, were those stick figures over the age of consent?

[ChiangMai noon]

If it was a lifelike cartoon of a man fucking an 8 year old girl or a 9 year old boy would you say that is is ridiculous?

might be tasteless but hardly child pornography if it's just ink on paper.

[dirtydog]

the word 'person' included fictional or imaginary characters ...," the judge said.

Time to sort out the Aussie scum so who to be first? I imagine that they have thoughts of under age cartoon sea monsters having sex on a daily basis, I think the world would be a safer place for all imaginary under age cartoon sea monsters if these scum were locked up in prison

[dirtydog]

Are these illegal?

[kingwilly]

well KW ought to be along any time now hypocritically proclaiming that it is all in the best interest of protecting our precious little creations from the evils of pedophiles the world over..

bollocks, did you even read the thread?

[Mid]

so if the cartoon figures are people , how old is Bart Simpson ?

in '99 he was 10 .

Bart Simpson - A Biography of 'Simpsons' Son Bart Simpson



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Judges Bio

ADAMS, Michael Frederick - Law Reform Commission : Lawlink NSW

[DrivingForce]

If it was a lifelike cartoon of a man fucking an 8 year old girl or a 9 year old boy would you say that is is ridiculous?

KW you changed your nik!! it isn't a life like cartoon of anything.. so there you have it......off topic..but for the matter of fact the Bart Simpson cartoon in question is 2 underage children..no adults involved..

[DrivingForce]

Are these illegal?

maybe?? how are old are they?? and what is it that Bart's offering there???

[EmperorTud]