The proposed anime ban in the UK

IHas anyone been reading anything regarding this "law?"
 
An article over here at animevice gets into it a little bit, I guess.
 
What do you think of it, if you live in the UK? 
 
 If only there was a way around this terrible law, like maybe a network of computers which can send data like anime and manga!

Hopefully the US will stick with their 1st  Amendment and not follow the UK's example.
 
Oh and you UK guys better delete ALL your hentai right now if you don't want to go to jail.

Ban anime? What the fuck? That's just stupid

I'm not worried so much about this, so several of my friends will be.
 After all, when the Digital Economy Bill gets passed, all the internet will be illegal in the UK. (Near enough).

"Spy sapping mah anime!"
 
And seriously? This goes through, imma gonna have to open up a whole load o'cans of whoopass.

" @ThePencil: It's already in effect, passed through wash-up in parliament. I am fucking appalled. God i hate this country. 
 
@Fallen189: Thanks for bringing this to my attention. i'm gonna go apeshit on every MP i can find. "

That means loads of mainstream anime is taken down. Naruto won't be allowed, neither will Dragonball Z, I don't think One Piece or Bleach either. And they're, like, the most mainstream of anime.

I'm not a fan of anime but this is really stupid.

Just a suggestion, but for once actually read the bill.

(1) It is an offence for a person to be in possession of a prohibited image of a child.

(2) A prohibited image is an image which—

(a) is pornographic,

(b) falls within subsection (6), and

(c) is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.

(3) An image is “pornographic” if it is of such a nature that it must reasonably be assumed to have been produced solely or principally for the purpose of sexual arousal.

(4) Where (as found in the person’s possession) an image forms part of a series of images, the question whether the image is of such a nature as is mentioned in subsection (3) is to be determined by reference to—

(a) the image itself, and

(b) (if the series of images is such as to be capable of providing a context for the image) the context in which it occurs in the series of images.

(5) So, for example, where—

(a) an image forms an integral part of a narrative constituted by a series of images, and

(b) having regard to those images as a whole, they are not of such a nature that they must reasonably be assumed to have been produced solely or principally for the purpose of sexual arousal,

the image may, by virtue of being part of that narrative, be found not to be pornographic, even though it might have been found to be pornographic if taken by itself.

(6) An image falls within this subsection if it—

(a) is an image which focuses solely or principally on a child’s genitals or anal region, or

(b) portrays any of the acts mentioned in subsection (7).

(7) Those acts are—

(a) the performance by a person of an act of intercourse or oral sex with or in the presence of a child;

(b) an act of masturbation by, of, involving or in the presence of a child;

(c) an act which involves penetration of the vagina or anus of a child with a part of a person’s body or with anything else;

(d) an act of penetration, in the presence of a child, of the vagina or anus of a person with a part of a person’s body or with anything else;

(e) the performance by a child of an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive or imaginary);

(f) the performance by a person of an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive or imaginary) in the presence of a child.

Says it applies to England and Wales atm.

It doesn't "ban anime". It bans hentai which contains children under the age of 18. The two important parts of the act are this:
 

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(2) A prohibited image is an image which—

(a) is pornographic,

(b) falls within subsection (6), and

(c) is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.

 

(6) An image falls within this subsection if it—

(a) is an image which focuses solely or principally on a child’s genitals or anal region, or

(b) portrays any of the acts mentioned in subsection (7).

  

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(5) “Child”, subject to subsection (6), means a person under the age of 18.

(6) Where an image shows a person the image is to be treated as an image of a child if—

(a) the impression conveyed by the image is that the person shown is a child, or

(b) the predominant impression conveyed is that the person shown is a child despite the fact that some of the physical characteristics shown are not those of a child.

You people are overreacting. It's just banning sexual underage content. It's the same thing that was proposed in Japan but failed. You honestly think they would try to ban Pokemon?
 
They are just banning Lolita/underage Hentai, not every Anime.
 
Edit: beaten to it by people who also took the time to actually read it.

Another law that can't feasibly be enforced, so it's irrelevant.

Fucking way to be sensationalist and over react people.
 
The bill is designed to make cartoon / drawn content of under-age children in sexual situations, positions or acts illegal. It's basically making cartoon child porn illegal. How is that a bad or unfair law to pass?
 
If this happens to inadvertently and subsequently make a vast majority of current anime and manga on the market illegal then maybe the industry needs to stop selling products with cartoon child porn in it?

This is only banning underage crap.

<snip>   I'm sorry...at what point does that say 'Ban Anime' Sure it bans certain Hentai that..tbh should be banned. Once again the Internet triumphs over reality. (applause)  /end of thread. "

The law bans cartoon child porn. That sounds like something worth supporting. It doesn't ban anime, just the anime that probably should be banned in the first place. 

finally a government doing something thats worth doing.

Tons of overreaction ITT but the anime vice one is absolutely fucking hilarious. Good riddance to this shit since its creepy as fuck and I'm glad it pisses off people who like it since they are scum hth.
 
That Digital Economy Bill is pretty bad stuff though, although here in Ireland our biggest provider of internet has blocked access to the pirate bay and enacted a "three strikes and your out" system for different stuff. They also apparently blocked access to giantbomb for a while for some reason, glad I'm not with them anymore.

" @Fallen189:  ah well...thats alright then. Here i thought you hadn't bothered to read the act itself... "

God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy.
 
They're by far the worst website of the whiskey alliance. 
 
EDIT:also:
 
Manga>>>>Anime

What a bullshit headline for animevice to have.
 
Apparently this thing came into full effect at the start of february. I don't watch any anime on tv, but I haven't heard of any big changes and shake-ups. I don't think it'll affect the standard 'anime watcher' in any meaningful way. I doubt that the crap that this restricts against isn't even being shown in the first place. The only place you could view the material is on the internet, where the law is virtually non-enforceable anyway.

" @Jazz said:

" @Fallen189:  ah well...thats alright then. Here i thought you hadn't bothered to read the act itself... "

Oh yeah of course I have, I just kind of reposted it as animevice implied it. Despite the fact that I'm all for lolicon banning and such, it's a weird issue. Where do they draw the line between these kind of things, and what does this actually advocate in a longer run? Naturally, I'm sure nothing will come of it, with the general elections coming up and such, but it's still strange. What actually causes this kind of thing to pop up, now of all times. "

This isn't that bad. 
 
But that Digital Economy Bill, daaaamn. Sucks to be you. Good thing I live in America, where we have freedom. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...that was sarcasm, sort of

" God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy. "

" God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy. They're by far the worst website of the whiskey alliance.   EDIT:also:  Manga>>>>Anime "

Essentially all this bans is under age hentai. However a lot of mainstream anime has clearly fallen into the gray area in this regard.

" @mutha3 said:

" God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy. "

I noticed this as well. "

" @mutha3 said:

" God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy. They're by far the worst website of the whiskey alliance.   EDIT:also:  Manga>>>>Anime "

agreed "

That's complete tripe. I'm not such a fan of the stuff but this is an infringement on freedom of expression. If there are no victims, and in the case of cartoons there are no victims, then what is the crime? What is the danger to society?

this thread is funny

" God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy. They're by far the worst website of the whiskey alliance.   EDIT:also:  Manga>>>>Anime "

" @mutha3 said:

" God, AnimeVice really like to overblow things.  Their  "news"  read like a blog post by a console fanboy. They're by far the worst website of the whiskey alliance.   EDIT:also:  Manga>>>>Anime "

Pretty much most things >>>>> any of that shit "

That's pretty funny actually. But it's a bit right though, because it's pretty creepy to be yanking yourself to underage cartoon girls.

" That's pretty funny actually. But it's a bit right though, because it's pretty creepy to be yanking yourself to underage cartoon girls. "

UK is now more of a backwards thinking country than austrialia. By underage, they mean anything under 18, does that mean that FFX-2's hot spring scene is now banned or doa extreme 2? That's totally retarded.  
 

" That's pretty funny actually. But it's a bit right though, because it's pretty creepy to be yanking yourself to underage cartoon girls. "

" IHas anyone been reading anything regarding this "law?"
 
An article over here at animevice gets into it a little bit, I guess.  What do you think of it, if you live in the UK?    If only there was a way around this terrible law, like maybe a network of computers which can send data like anime and manga! "
 
Canada. Best country to live in ever (I can't imagine a law like this being passed there :D).
 
Nah but seriously this is ridiculous. They just went from keeping pedo's happy in their houses to becoming desperate and going out to do the deed themselves.

just to fit in with the rest of the people who don't actually read the laws but just assume the worst...
 
"ZOMGZ, THEY HAVE BANNED MY ANIMES *CRY CRY* WHAT NEXT? THE SIMPSONS!?"

"By underage, they mean anything under 18, does that mean that FFX-2's hot spring scene is now banned or doa extreme 2? That's totally retarded."

" Hopefully the US will stick with their 1st  Amendment and not follow the UK's example.  Oh and you UK guys better delete ALL your hentai right now if you don't want to go to jail. "

" @mutha3: Haha. I was jesting quite an amount there with that sentance duder   >_^ No hard feelings. I personally am not into it, but i'm sure others are so if you like it, then by all means, go ahead. Don't think it should be banned though. It's a form of art. "

" just to fit in with the rest of the people who don't actually read the laws but just assume the worst...  "ZOMGZ, THEY HAVE BANNED MY ANIMES *CRY CRY* WHAT NEXT? THE SIMPSONS!?" "