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NEWS: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Head Speaks at Japan's Comic Market

That explains why J-sellers are more and more hesitant to accept foreign buyers given how intolerant western laws are and they fear they might be arrested as well

They're hesitant to sell to foreigners because they know how their work gets scanned and uploaded to the internet primarily by foreigners.

That explains why J-sellers are more and more hesitant to accept foreign buyers given how intolerant western laws are and they fear they might be arrested as well

Since the proponents of the bill often site pressures from overseas as a rationale behind banning sexual depiction in anime and manga featuring minors, international opposition to increasing censorship in Japan is critical. It helps undercut arguments for increasing censorship of manga and anime.

It is also perplexing to see that three editors here in Tokyo were recently arrested for publishing drawings of adult material in a magazine aimed at adult audiences. Every culture has different standards about what level of sexuality is permissible. However, there seems to be a notion that manga should be regulated to better conform to “Western standards.” As a Westerner, I am not certain what standards are being referred to, since the full, uncensored depiction of adult nudity of both genders is common in some of our most popular movies and television shows.

Whelp, I just discovered something worse than a prude today. One who enforces their prudery upon foreign nations. I just have a slithering suspicion that a number of these types maybe closet pervs themselves. Sort of how a shocking number of anti-gay proponents are rather boy-happy themselves.


And customs are nothing more than people with miserable lives who wishes to make other people suffer as that's all they have to live to. Especially the Canadian ones. Asides from the case mentioned, just TRY to cross the Canadian border without any annoyance after leaving a video game or anime convention.



Anyways more about the topic of this article, how were his audience's reaction to his speech?

Anyways more about the topic of this article, how were his audience's reaction to his speech?

This weekend, CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein will literally travel to the other side of the world — to Tokyo, Japan — for a series of lectures and meetings on manga and free expression, hosted by Comic Market (Comiket), Comitia, the Institute for Contents Culture, and the Uguisu Ribbon Campaign. While in Japan, Brownstein will also meet with experts and professionals in the manga industry in order to give CBLDF readers insight into the opposition and support that manga receives in Japan.
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On Tuesday, August 13, Brownstein will present alongside the Svetlana Mintcheva, the Director of Programs for the National Coalition Against Censorship, at the International Symposium on Freedom of Manga Culture. This sold-out symposium will examine legal issues pertaining to manga and the threats posed to creators and to readers of manga by regulations in North America and elsewhere. The symposium takes place at Bunkyo Civic Center 26th floor Sky Hall at 1:00 p.m., and Brownstein’s appearance is co-sponsored by ICC and Uguisu Ribbon.