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NEWS: Swedish Manga Translator's Child Porn Charges Overturned

The Supreme Court explained that while it considered the drawings to be pornographic depictions of children, they were nevertheless imaginary. "The criminalization of possession of the drawings would otherwise exceed what is necessary with regard to the purpose which has led to the restriction on freedom of expression and freedom of information."

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The Supreme Court explained that while it considered the drawings to be pornographic depictions of children, they were nevertheless imaginary. "The criminalization of possession of the drawings would otherwise exceed what is necessary with regard to the purpose which has led to the restriction on freedom of expression and freedom of information."

You hear that world?! This is called progress. Victory to the fans! But the battle against censorship rages on.

"26. It has been shown that SL is an expert in Japanese culture, not least in the case of manga. He has lived several years in Japan as a translator of manga. He has had large amounts of manga images on his computer. Against this background one must see his possession of one single image, that in itself is such that it otherwise would be punishable, to be defensible."

I'm quite surprised that some unscrupulous hacker hasn't developed a virus/trojan that loads a bunch of kiddie porn onto the victim's computer and then notifies the authorities. I mean, given how easy it is with the possession laws, it seems like that kind of attack would be quite effective at ruining peoples' lives.