This seems ridiculous to me. It might be distasteful, and frankly a bit weird, but kiddy porn? C’mon! If you have a look at fansites for any popular cartoon you are going to come across these at one point, Disney, Family Guy, whatever.
What about all those Hentai things with school girls?
I had a look on Wikipedia and found this article regarding the legality of such images .
I am rather suprised, this seems like censorship going to extremes to me.
What do the rest of you Dopers think about this?
Mods: I wasn’t sure if this was Great Debate material or not, please move it as you see fit.
Rule 34 vs Censorship? I’ll bet on rule 34 any day of the week.
I can see the government’s point here, but the material isn’t hurting any real children, which is the law against child pornography’s original intent. Hell, there may be paedophiles who have managed to keep from acting on their desires this long BECAUSE material like this allows them a safe release. I have a feeling this is either going to get overturned in due time or just plain old not enforced.
Although i was surprised by this article, it fits in with this. Also remember we Australians don’t have a bill of rights and are actually pretty vulnerable to government censorship (see the proposed internet filter). This seems pretty stupid to me though, as surely the intent of child pornography laws are to protect children.