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LLz at 13 Mar 2008: 07:44
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The PROTECT Act of 2003 was signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 30, 2003. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_Act
There has been a successful charge for harbouring drawn images of child porn based on said legislative changes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Whorley
Granted lolicon is not cub porn, however, the fact is that we do not know how large the range of targettable material would be.
Note that there's 2 different sections of the legislative changes. One targets material indistinguishable from minors (which is not the point we're in contention with), the other specifically targets drawings and etc, and hence does not require any from of resemblence to an actual minor. E.g. Lolicon, which is stylized and hence is obviously not a minor, but could be treated as such. It is possible that the 2nd portion could possibly target cub art.
(on that note, it is my opinion that the whole PROTECT Act breaks all kinds of first amendment rights. Just because it uses the Miller Test doesn't mean that it's fundamentally different from Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, which WAS struck down.)
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