"In response to
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, Congress passed the
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(also dubbed the
Amber Alert Law) and it was signed into law on April 30, 2003 by then president George W. Bush. The law criminalizes material that has "a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture or painting", that "depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and is [considered] "
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" or "depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in [...] sexual intercourse [...] and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value."
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"Anime or manga that portray children engaged in sexual activities has been included in the PROTECT Act's prohibitions in several jurisdictions.
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According to the
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, the PROTECT Act can be used to prosecute people who obtain
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[...] such as
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of Virginia, who was charged with 19 counts of "knowingly receiving" child pornography for download[ing] "Japanese
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style cartoons of children engaged in explicit sexual conduct with adults,"
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alleged to depict "children engaged in explicit sexual conduct with adults."
So, again. Like--I know we're making jokes, and there's bound to be an argument revolving around free speech and 2D porn not really hurting anyone in the real world, how it's healthier to roleplay this kind of fetish/whatever out in a virtual space than to do it for real-real, blah blah; but the laws are what they are, and I just wanted to let everyone here know what the kind of "real-world" views/implications of developing and/or playing a game like this might be, worst come to worst.
Anyway, I've said my piece. Ya'll have fun; I won't shit on anyone's parade, I promise--even though, yeah: I think this entire thing is kind of skeevy--but I do hope the Developer behind this game knows what they're getting into, and at least considers some of the concerns I've raised here, and the suggestions I offered in my previous post.