Comments on: Episode 92: Mushi Hime http://www.anime-pulse.com/2007/08/16/episode-92-mushi-hime/ An Anime Podcast. We've got our fingers on the pulse of Anime, with reviews, rants, and stories. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:25:04 +0000 By: Jon http://www.anime-pulse.com/2007/08/16/episode-92-mushi-hime/#comment-48774 Jon Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:02:48 +0000 http://www.anime-pulse.com/2007/08/16/episode-92-mushi-hime/#comment-48774 I'm piping in to add some clarification to the discussion on Child Pornography laws in the U.S. Feel free to ignore this rambling comment if you like, but suffice it to say that Batou was correct about the legal status of the content in question. Under Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (533 U.S. 234 (2002)), "virtual child pornography" is not encompassed by the ruling in a previous case that removed child porn from the realm of protected First Amendment speech. The 1996 statute banning virtual child porn was ruled unconstitutionally overbroad. Quoting Justice Kennedy (only because I agree so strongly with the idea), "[t]he mere tendency of speech to encourage unlawful acts is not a sufficient reason for banning it." Just in case anybody cares. -J I’m piping in to add some clarification to the discussion on Child Pornography laws in the U.S. Feel free to ignore this rambling comment if you like, but suffice it to say that Batou was correct about the legal status of the content in question. Under Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (533 U.S. 234 (2002)), “virtual child pornography” is not encompassed by the ruling in a previous case that removed child porn from the realm of protected First Amendment speech. The 1996 statute banning virtual child porn was ruled unconstitutionally overbroad. Quoting Justice Kennedy (only because I agree so strongly with the idea), “[t]he mere tendency of speech to encourage unlawful acts is not a sufficient reason for banning it.”

Just in case anybody cares.
-J

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