Reminder that this post is about Canadian laws and legality in-case this thread get's derailed. It is illegal in Canada to have any persons under the age of 18 real or fictionalized engaging in any form of sexual intercourse in possession. Just read second and thirds post on the first page if you want more info or read the wikipedia link I posted.
nght5tlkr wrote...
Welp, I'm about to test the waters for US customs. I wonder if this is how I will end up in the news...
Honestly it's a rare chance that will happen because I know way too many people who order extreme content (lolicon included) and haven't gotten into any legal issues.
Hanayome wrote...
It'd be nice to know which states it is illegal so there's no risk in getting arrested if a doujin happens to have loli content in them.
Read the spoiler down below which generally summarizes the US law on cartoon pornography and you can check this out for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_cartoon_pornography_depicting_minors#United_States
Specifically:
The law enacted 18 U.S.C. § 1466A, which criminalizes material that has "a visual depiction of any kind, including a drawing, cartoon, sculpture or painting", that "depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and is "obscene" or "depicts an image that is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in...sexual intercourse...and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value". By its own terms, the law does not make all simulated child pornography illegal, only that found to be obscene or lacking in serious value. And mere possession of said images is not a violation of the law unless it can be proven that they were transmitted through a common carrier, such as the mail or the internet, or transported across state lines
The works in question are usually put through a test (can't remember the name at this time) and the results will show if it is as the law states in the spoiler or okay. Honestly though the credibility of this test is not very sound and very subjective/biased because what may once be seen as "obscene" may be okay 10 years down the line.
Reminder: in state shipping of material isn't scrutinized as over-seas mailed items. Everything you buy is usually monitored, but honestly unless you have other legal charges or things that could be considered illegal, hentai alone will not get you arrested. Charges in general are not even likely and if they do happen they get quickly dismissed because of the lack of evidence to support anything factual.