To illustrate just how mad censorship laws have become:
"A U.S. citizen, identified as a computer programmer and comic book fan, recently flew from his home in America to visit a friend in Canada, and upon his arrival, his iPhone, iPad and laptop were searched by Canadian customs who discovered digital manga images on the laptop. Presumably based on Canadian statutes that treat any sexual images of characters that appear to be under 18 as actual child pornography, the images they discovered were deemed child porn and the man was charged accordingly.
If convicted, the U.S. man, whose name is being withheld, faces a minimum of one year in prison for owning comic book illustrations, in a case that Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Charles Brownstein says “could have far reaching implications for comic books and manga in North America.”There are several things important to remember, the first being the dangerously broad definition of child pornography that Canada is using, as Brownstein explains"
http://comicsalliance.com/u-s-citizen-arrested-in-canada-for-manga-on-laptop-faces-minim/?trackback=tsmclip"
"A U.S. citizen, identified as a computer programmer and comic book fan, recently flew from his home in America to visit a friend in Canada, and upon his arrival, his iPhone, iPad and laptop were searched by Canadian customs who discovered digital manga images on the laptop. Presumably based on Canadian statutes that treat any sexual images of characters that appear to be under 18 as actual child pornography, the images they discovered were deemed child porn and the man was charged accordingly.
If convicted, the U.S. man, whose name is being withheld, faces a minimum of one year in prison for owning comic book illustrations, in a case that Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Charles Brownstein says “could have far reaching implications for comic books and manga in North America.”There are several things important to remember, the first being the dangerously broad definition of child pornography that Canada is using, as Brownstein explains"
http://comicsalliance.com/u-s-citizen-arrested-in-canada-for-manga-on-laptop-faces-minim/?trackback=tsmclip"