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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Lolicon illegal in the USA?

"Recently in America there's been quite some furor over the legality of fictional, illustrated depictions of sex involving children. Uncertainty may be reaching a boiling point because of recent federal government attempts to study the accessibility of pornography to minors and Google's refusal to submit search results that may include personal, private information, to a government inquiry. I'm neither a lawyer nor a specialist on observing judiciary or legal proceedings. In observation of the precision of the question, I'll avoid injecting subjective opinion. With those stipulations in place I'll state that as far as I'm aware, Japanese lolicon art is still legal in America on a broad, nationwide scale.

The Child Online Protection Act of 1998 was designed to protect children from being exposed to online pornography. However, in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2004 the act was consistently struck down as unconstitutional and "too broad" by federal courts. More recently, the PROTECT act of 2003 (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today) is designed to, "Revise and strengthen the prohibition on 'virtual' child pornography," and, "Prohibit any obscene materials that depict children" (Dept. of Justice memo). The loosely defined principle that the PROTECT act of 2003 prohibits computer-generated child pornography and illustrated lolicon has led numerous people to assume that lolicon is now illegal in America.

However, examination of the literal PROTECT act, and awareness of the previous judicial bans on enforcement of prohibition of fictional depictions of child sexuality paint a different story. Although the PROTECT act was signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 30, 2003, the 2004 Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union Supreme Court ruling once again determined that a ban on fictional illustrations is unconstitutional. Furthermore, section 504 subsection 1466A of the PROTECT act of 2003 clarifies that "drawing" or "cartoon" visual representations of child sexual abuse must depict a minor involved in sexual activity, be obscene, and lack "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value" in order to violate the law. Beside the fact that the US Supreme Court has already determined this section of the PROTECT act to be unconstitutional, imported Japanese lolicon art would still have to be legally proven "obscene" and lacking in "literary, artistic" value in order to be deemed illegal. To the furthest extent of my knowledge, that has never occurred on a federal level in America.

So as far as I'm aware, the national legal status of imported Japanese lolicon art in America has not changed. It's still legal to sell and own because it is a form of free speech protected by the constitutional First Amendment. The belief that the legal status of lolicon art in America has changed, I suspect, is based on a superficial understanding of the 2003 PROTECT act, without research of its finer points or its execution." - John

This person is smart as hell and so far has proven 100% correct. I myself, will challenge this law as it IS unconstitutional, even though in reality it does not pertain to lolicon appropriately enough for a law suit. Swiftly and intelligently, lolicon shall continue to be legal and popular.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

And amen to that.

Unknown said...

hell yeah lolicon is the best

Unknown said...

i have no problem with child porn laws --- it protects children. But I think outlawing lolicon is completely retarded, it provides a legal outlet for pedos that dosnt involve forcing a child to commit sexual acts. Exactly who are we protecting by outlawing lolicon?? Its just a drawing!

Otto's Observations said...

You're truly dreaming. The idiot who wrote that post above doesn't know the difference between obscenity and child porn. Obscenity is still very much illegal and three federal courts of appeal have upheld 17 USC 1466A. The Supreme Court explicitly noted in Free Speech Coalition that matter depicting fiction minors (e.g. lolicon) continues to be illegal. You'll never defend lolicon on the basis of art in an American court, that's for sure. If you want to know the real state of the law, then read this: http://comipress.com/special/miscellaneous/down-the-slippery-slope-the-crime-of-viewing-manga

Anonymous said...

This comment is for the idiot brainwashed freak who began his sentence with "You're truly dreaming".
Who gives a fuck what you think or the man thinks? People have the right to do what they want as long as it's not in violations of GOD's law. One man came up with all these stupid age rules, and pathetic robots like you just went along with it. It is the same man who created the law that blacks, gays, trans genders, interracial couples had no rights and were sick. The bible mentions nothing about age or sex. So take your stupid opinions and shove em up your ass. Do us all a favor and go crawl back into your moms womb and unbirth yourself. FYI. lolicon is beautiful and it is art and it won't be stopped no matter what the man says. ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE! HEAVEN IS THE REAL SUPREME COURT!

Unknown said...

Fuck yeah, it is.

Unknown said...

My thoughts exactly.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Lawless, Jews shouldn't have the right to vote. Same with the Negros

Unknown said...

I just thought loli was just porn a girls that do have big breast but sti are 18 i just found out it I feel dirty af for reading Loli 0-0