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U.S. v. manga
Posted by Otto117 on 2009-January-06 14:09:47 EST, TuesdayFrom New York Times blogger, The Lede -
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/bart-simpson-child-
pornography-and-free-speech/?scp=4&sq=child%20pornography&st=cse
"Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson are at the center of a legal case in Australia that ponders a bizarre and slightly creepy question: Are drawings that depict the younger members of the Simpsons clan engaged in carnal activities merely offensive and crude? or do they actually constitute child pornography?"
On the current prosecution for receipt of manga in Iowa (but under federal law), US v Handley, see official document at:
http://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/iasd/opinions.nsf/55fa4cbb8063b06c86256
8620076059d/20a96a77c04347ed86257480006ae8c5/$FILE/Handley.pdf
For 4 articles on his case at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, the links are here:
http://www.google.com/custom?q=Handley&sa.x=61&sa.y=6&sa=Search&cof=S%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbldf.org%3BGL%3A0%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3Awhite%3BLH%3A256%3BLC%3Ablue%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcbldf.org%2Fgraphics%2Fcbldflogo2001.jpg%3BLW%3A360%3BT%3Ablack%3BGIMP%3Ared%3BAWFID%3Ad2c8451bb028b1dd%3B&domains=cbldf.org&sitesearch=cbldf.org
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