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Originally Posted by Joe Six-Pack
Well, I'm usually a lurker in the TG forum, but this subject does get my interest. I sell books/downloads with art for TG enthusiasts, and I have to deal with this sort of thing myself. One goal of my business has been to keep the legal side of things as simple as possible. When someone suggests to "consult a lawyer," everything gets exponentially more complicated and all enthusiasm you have for doing this goes down the drain.
As for what Lorekeep is going through, very simply, if the vendor doesn't want to sell something for any reason, that's their prerogative. They have the right. Depicting sex involving kids (or adults who are in the body of a kid) and distributing those materials in any way is a ticket to jail. That's just the where the law is right now. There is no "gray area." Context means nothing.
I bought "Life, interrupted" and liked it, but I hated seeing that date rape scene in it. That part may turn people on, but you could easily frame it as "C.P." I also got "Girls Gone Child," and loved it, but the shower scenes were a bit much, and the final panels are legally C.P. and disgusted me. If any legal authority found that file in my possession, I would be charged.
I would encourage Lorkeep to find a way to keep AP/AR fans happy, but just with stories that don't involve sex in any way. Those stories still have value. Stories and comics don't have to have sex to be sexy.
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Obviously I?ve been following this discussion with interest.
Thanks in particular to Joe Six-Pack for your lucid and sobering post. I abhor c. p. and am very shocked and upset that these comics might be characterized as such.
I?ve decided to take the "Girls Gone Child" comics down for good. They are already scrubbed from my website, and deleted from the Process. I?ve also asked the AR Archive to remove them as well. They will no longer be offered for sale.
Please don?t email me and ask for them, or for ?Life Interrupted.?
I will be focusing on size-related comics from now on. If I do revisit AR in the future it will be strictly no sex, no nudity.
Thanks again for the advice.
Cheers, DT