| Some good news... |
[Apr. 21st, 2008|12:11 pm] |
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It's easy to get depressed at the steady erosion of rights and possibly sanity our current government is taking us through, sometimes small victories are had:
Gordon Lee's case has been dismissed.
The CBLDF only had to spend about $100k in legal fees to help defend a small-time comic book seller who was being prosecuted for multiple felonies and misdemeanors because a child got a hold of an adult comic book that had a small section that included nudity:
During Halloween week 2004, Gordon Lee’s comic shop, Legends, of Rome, GA, participated in a trick-or-treat event in downtown Rome by distributing free comics. "Alternative Comics #2," the Free Comic Book Day edition from publisher Alternative Comics for 2004, was inadvertently included in the mix of books being given away. The comic was a single copy among thousands of comics being given away that day, and was accidentally handed to a minor, whose parent filed a complaint with the police.
The comic book features a variety of stories from the company's line, including an excerpt from Nick Bertozzi's now published graphic novel The Salon, depicting the first meeting between Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. On three pages of the eight page section, Picasso is depicted in the nude, a factually accurate detail for the period during which the story is set. There is no sexual content in the story.
More background here: http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000318.shtml |
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