Man in Court Over Simpsons Porn

Ever get the urge to look at pornographic drawings of famous cartoon children? Neither do I, but 28-year-old Kurt James Milner did, and that's what got him registered as a sex offender. Police received a tip about the pornographic material and eventually found images featuring child characters from The Simpsons and The Powerpuff Girls on Milner's computer. Back in 2008, a Supreme Court judge in Australia ruled that cartoons in which child characters engage in sexual acts is child pornography. Milner said he downloaded the images to show them to his friend 'because he believed they were funny.' Guess it's not so funny now.

Comments

Bad write up.

[Lemmy Caution]

This is not what got him registered as a sex offender: he was already registered as a sex offender from a previous case, in which he had been found guilty of actually having child porn (with images of real children) on his computer. The prior conviction is reason for the severe response to the cartoon images. This being the case, his claim that he didn't get sexual titillation from these images rings rather false.

Re:Cartoon porn is still porn

[abigor]

I guess you didn't read the article, which is no big surprise.

It's his second offense. The first involved real children.

Re:No wonder we're losing the battle on child porn

[Anonymous Coward]

As an Australian working in Digital Forensics who works in the private sector but worked in the public sector, Law Enforcement Digital Forensics folks are woefully trained in my experience and under-resourced.

Re:Insanity.

[mikael]

Even passengers who have been pre-allocated a seat on an airplane are asked to move when they find themselves sitting next to a strangers child.

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If it such a big issue with the airline, they should update their booking system to make sure children are sitting next to a guardian or parent and not a stranger.