On recent fandom troubles - it has not much to do with fanfic, it's just me thinking out loud

[ridicully]

Ignoring the issues of real person vs. imaginary character, literary merit and how much influence fantasies have on behaviour, I think a large problem with the Australian law is the fact that it's not consistent with the age of consent. Having a law that states you're allowed to have sex at 16 and at the same time declaring anyone under the age of 18 a child when determining what child pornography is, will lead to confusion. And not only for fic writers. What happens to seventeen year olds who take pictures of themselves having sex? Or masturbating and sending it to their lover?

Listen Australian legislators: I think it would be a good idea to take the age of consent into account when talking about child pornography.

There. Now all troubles should be over. Except the chan issue. And everything else I ignored. And the fact that my powers of changing the laws of a country on the other side of the globe by force of my mind probably don't work.

So, nothing is solved. But I rambled and feel better for it.
Over and out.

Comments

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

Heh. I was just thinking about that earlier. Kinda wondered for a minute when the Ozzie AoC jumped two years.

(Then, in Britain, the AoC is also sixteen, but it's illegal to sell photos of anyone under 18. I never quite got that, though I suspect it may be due to pressure from *cough* other parts of the world.)

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Like Japan recently brought in an age of consent due to pressure from the US? (Mind you, they set it at 13, which seems like a bit of a 'fuck you, round eye!' to me)

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

Maaayyyyyyyyyyybe...

Heheheh, I find it highly ironic that US pressure to create an AoC resulted in a low one that's still higher than those of two US states. *eg*

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I agree. I've had a sleep and am feeling agreeable.

[alchemia.livejournal.com]

Hey, sorry to bug you, but I posted a bit ago here: http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_babel/11054.html?nc=3 and I just want to check since you origianlly were listed as a moderator if you had any interest or if I should hand it over?

[ridicully]

No problem.
Hand it over. I don't have the time to keep the comm active either.

[cursive.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they think the "reasonable person" test will resolve all that. A "reasonable person" won't think a 17yr old writing about their own sexual fantasies should be prosecuted for it. Yes, it's ridiculous, but I'm sure that's their understanding of the situation.