You have got to be kidding me

[threeplusfire]

LJ Biz post: Illegal and harmful activity

So teenagers can say "I banged this hot friend last night." But if they write about exactly how they fucked, or explicit details about cocksucking in the back of the car, they could be threatened with account suspension because someone equates this with child porn? Fictional stories about fictional people that involve a person under 18 having sex are now considered illegal? Someone is apparently a moron over there. AS many posters have pointed out, fiction that unvolves underage sex, even graphic underage sex, is not actually illegal gasp zomg.

WHAT THE FUCK LJ?

Seriously. Am I in danger of getting my account suspended for writing a graphic entry about how I was raped as a teenager? What if I write a graphic story about Harry Potter deciding he needs to lose his virginity before he faces Voldemort so he shags Ginny Weasley senseless in a broom closet?

FICTION IS NOT ILLEGAL KTNXBAI

In fact, federal obscenity law in the U.S. is highly unusual in that—not only is there no uniform national standard, but rather, there is an explicit legal precedent (the "Miller test", below) that all but guarantees that something that is legally "obscene" in one jurisdiction may not be in another. In effect, the First Amendment protections of free speech vary by location within the U.S., and over time. With the advent of Internet distribution of potentially obscene material, this question of jurisdiction and "community standards" has created significant controversy in the legal community. (See United States v. Thomas, 74 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996))
-from Wikipedia entry

Comments

[rockstarbob.livejournal.com]

Loard.

Will the insanity never end?

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. Good gods above, can't they just get someone to say "WE ban XYZ because we are a private business?" or get an actual lawyer to say "no child porn please."

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

They really need a new crack dealer. Really.

Do you think they're just throwing out words to get sponsors etc off their back? I don't know how they can follow through without blanket wipe outs that didn't work LAST TIME.

[cedarlibrarian.livejournal.com]

For want of a better pop culture quote, I've got a bad feeling about this.

[antebellumcafe.livejournal.com]

Um, and I can't make threats against the President? WTF?

[antebellumcafe.livejournal.com]

That's like 15% of my journal.

[silentjack.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm about 2/3 tempted to make a post where the text is nothing but "Underage Fanfic and Kiddie Porn!" over and over again, with sporadic links to pictures of goats, laconic mountain landscapes, giraffes getting nekkid, and bunnies frolicking in green meadows and sit back and wait for 6A to say something about it.

Times like this I'm almost tempted to throw off my shackles and go to law school to combat teh stupidz.

[water-damage.livejournal.com]

Amanda. I want you to come by my office at precisely midnight. I have mixed up a potion for you that I suspect you may enjoy.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I think that sounds like a delightful idea.

(Miss Natalie you are the best!)

[water-damage.livejournal.com]

Don't be late, or I may have to keep you for several days in detention, and I promise you, you will not be unscathed.