Back 2 Square 1 025 The Protect Act Debate

The First Great Debate!
James Pollard, who shall henceforth be known as "Bright Eyes", joined Osyris, Jonny-B, and Kat for a lively debate regarding The Protect Act of 2003 as it relates to anime and manga, among other subjects. We touch on many relating topics and most relevant links are provided below.

Send your replies, rebukes, retorts, and/or rebuttals to: radioosyris@gmail.com

Show Links :

1. S.515 `Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003' or `PROTECT Act' (Full Bill as Passed by House/Senate) [The Library of Congress]
2. Protection Act of 2003 - Fact Sheet [Department of Justice]
3. United States v. Dwight Edwin Whorley, United States District Court for the Fourth Circuit, No. 06-4288 [US Courts, PDF]
4. United States v. Christopher S. Handley, United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Western Division, No. 07-CR-030 [US Courts, PDF]
5. PROTECT Act of 2003 [Wikipedia]
6. Protection of Children Act 1978 [Wikipedia]
7. U.S. Manga Obscenity Conviction Roils Comics World [Wired]
8. Down the Slippery Slope - The Crime of Viewing Manga [ComiPress]

Music Alley Feature: DJ Topshelf

• To Victory!
• Not Today
• Entertainer
• Kryptografik
• Über Techno
• Petrolbomb
• The Come Down
• The Edge of Illusion
• Psychosis
• Set Me Free (Prototype)
• Bad Love Life
• Only The Good Die Young

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• PC Holloween

Podcast Album Art: “Stock Anime Girls” by Russell Bynum

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