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Graphic Artists Condemn UK Ban On Erotic Comics

Posted by kdawson on from the at-least-get-the-age-right dept.

mdwh2 writes "Graphic artists, publishers and MPs have condemned the UK's Coroners and Justice Bill, which will criminalize possession of sexual depictions that appear to show someone under 18 (the age of consent is 16 in the UK), as well as adults where the 'predominant impression conveyed' is of someone under 18, and even if they are merely drawn as being present whilst sexual activity took place between adults. The definitions could include Lost Girls, Watchmen, and South Park. The Comic Book Alliance has launched a petition against the law."

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  1. Re:Does the law have the right direction? by Antidamage · · Score: 2, Informative

    He's probably referring to the idea that the presence of obscenity breeds obscene behaviour. Case in point: police blaming violent behaviour on GTA.

  2. Re:Does the law have the right direction? by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the UK, possession is a crime. What's more, copying a file is considered as producing it.

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  3. Re:Does the law have the right direction? by fractoid · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thank you, you wrote exactly what I would have if I wasn't being ironic. :)

    And frankly, I can handle Christian-based laws (to an extent). It's things like Sharia law that really scare me. I'm not keen on things like my wife being legally stoned to death for marrying a non-Muslim.

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