2009-05-28 18:02:02.737161+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
U.S. Manga Obscenity Conviction Roils Comics World.
The 39-year-old office worker was charged under the 2003 Protect Act, which outlaws cartoons, drawings, sculptures or paintings depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and which lack “serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”
Scary.
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