So a guy in Texas got convicted and sentenced harshly in federal court recently for running a web site that hosted erotic stories featuring children, some with tones of violence, incest, and other nasty stuff. Nick Rekieta covered it last night, though it was prompted by a superchat so it was a bit impromptu (and also it was late enough into his stream that he was a bit tipsy and shouty).
I don't really like that this guy got convicted for just having stories (and apparently some artwork that site members had uploaded on their own behalfs), but apparently what put it over the line in this case was that he was charging people for memberships. Thus he got busted in trafficking of obscene material. The site had apparently been up on the clearnet since the late '90s so it sure took the feds awhile to do anything about it.
Anyway, expect these crusaders to use it as evidence about how lolicon is totally illegal… they might have a case this time, though. I know that if I ran a web site which charged people for access to smutty manga, I'd be a little nervous right now.
I don't really like that this guy got convicted for just having stories (and apparently some artwork that site members had uploaded on their own behalfs), but apparently what put it over the line in this case was that he was charging people for memberships. Thus he got busted in trafficking of obscene material. The site had apparently been up on the clearnet since the late '90s so it sure took the feds awhile to do anything about it.
Anyway, expect these crusaders to use it as evidence about how lolicon is totally illegal… they might have a case this time, though. I know that if I ran a web site which charged people for access to smutty manga, I'd be a little nervous right now.