Archive - May 20, 2004
Comic Book Defense Fund Warns of New Private Censorship Law
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 20, 2004 - 22:08
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund warns that a recent bill introduced in the House of Representatives could give parents the power to sue anyone disseminating any media containing "material that is harmful to minors."
H.B. 4239, also called the "Parents’ Empowerment Act," would allow the parent or guardian of a minor to sue in federal court anyone who knowingly disseminates any media containing "material that is harmful to minors" if the material is distributed in a way that "a reasonable person can expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material and the minor, as a result to exposure to the material, is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare." The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Mobile Phones To Crimp Manga-Reading?
Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on May 20, 2004 - 21:59
Here's an interesting supposition from a BoING bOING dude: people use their phones on the trains in Toyko now instead of reading manga.
