sanahtlig Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Serious question: How many people in the US have been convicted for having lolicon hentai? Last I checked, zero, if you don't count previously convicted sex offenders or those being charged concurrently for possession of real child pornography (e.g., Dwight Whorley). Legal status of cartoon pornography depicting minors (US) As you can see from the responses above me, you should demand sources before coming to conclusions in weighty and obscure topics such as this. Hearsay just isn't acceptable when people's freedom is at stake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 quote: raptor fb:Additionally, please note that MangaGamer is owned and operated in a Japanese jurisdiction and cannot offer you any legal advice regarding their games in your country. Please consult a lawyer in your region if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanahtlig Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Technically, we at MangaGamer are a Japanese company doing business internationally. We take care and assume responsibility for ensuring that our releases comply to US Legal Standards. We do not assume responsibility for other regions, which is also why we always advise importers to check their local laws before purchase. We have no intentions of changing this policy at present. Kouryuu, Mangagamer marketing manager and head translator, March 2015 Kouryuu is Mangagamer's official spokesperson. RaptorFB isn't. I've requested that RaptorFB redact the above quote to avoid further confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douggle Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I don't think its going to be a problem just purchasing a title with loli in it, as MG says they make sure their content is up to par with US Legal standards. Also if loli really was thing they were gonna prosecute that aggresively people would have had issues with titles like Saya no Uta. or Littlewitch Romanesque and so on and so forth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erogamer Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now here's a good question. When a game is imported, would they search it at the state it entered the country or your own state? If at the entry, would the officials go by YOUR states laws or the laws of the state it entered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanahtlig Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Imports are subject to federal law, not state law, at least until its reaches your possession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Foreign imports are subject to federal law, not state law, so it doesn't matter where they search it. There are also no cases of anyone getting in trouble for importing loli stuff in the US, unlike Canada. edit: beaten by a second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanahtlig Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Foreign imports are subject to federal law, not state law, so it doesn't matter where they search it. There are also no cases of anyone getting in trouble for importing loli stuff in the US, unlike Canada. edit: beaten by a second Christopher Handley was busted by Customs for importing loli manga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Oh. Well, consider the type and amount of stuff imported all the time, and with only one person recorded being busted for it (with a healthy dose of drama surrounding it and a judge ruling parts of the law unconstitutional), you will almost certainly be fine. Here's the deal, possession of this stuff is extraordinarily unlikely to get you in trouble, in the US. You are more likely to get struck by lightning. Contrary to some people's beliefs, the government isn't snooping around your private porn collection. Someone would have to report you. And then the case would be ignored unless you are considered dangerous in some other way or they find RL child porn on your system, or some sort of connection to child porn communities and that kind of thing. Unless your district attorney is extremely ballsy and wants to risk looking like an enemy of the first amendment. And even in the exceptionally unlikely event that all of this has happened to you, depending on the state there's a decent chance you could fight it. So in short, Americans pretty much have nothing to worry about right now when it comes to this issue. If you want to play it safe, don't import anything sketchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanahtlig Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I would stick to digital downloads instead of imports; it's safer and it also saves money. If you're buying from distributors within the US, there's nothing to worry about at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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