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luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Hello, everyone! ^_^
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skn wrote...
Law only applies to selling to the Japanese market, 'not' non Japanese. AliceSoft can legally sell an uncensored Evenicle 2 on GOG for example, without any legal repricusions. As Evenicle 2 is being sold on international\non-Japanese storefronts, it is absolutely possible for them to make, and sell the uncensored version of Evenicle 2 without reprecussions*.I believe this was primarily a cost-saving measure(they probably do not have the original source images, or they were drawn without genitalia, making it an additional cost to 'uncensore' them), rather than a legal one.
* Up to a point, the case can be made that Japanese people have access to Fakku, Mangagamer etc as well, even if they aren't the target audience, therefore AliceSoft's product 'can' be sold to the Japanese, making it a breach of the censorship law.
IIRC, the reason why minori required MangaGamer to keep their western releases with (reduced) censorship was that they were afraid of the uncensored versions finding their way back to Japan and the company being held responsible. This seems to be the likely case with at least some of the others as well. Although I can't say for sure in cases where there exists only one multi-language version, those may well just be a case of taking the easy way out instead of providing an uncensored version for non-Japanese audiences. In any case, be it fear of repercussions or cost-saving measures (which would be avoided if there was no need to produce censored art in the first place), the result is the same - customers who expect western releases to be uncensored and who refuse to support censored releases will not buy them, resulting in less income for the company and therefore less tax income for Japan. Making this a perfectly good argument against censorship for a politician without making them sound like they just want to see more of their porn.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Weekend mode.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Hello, Taz. ^_^
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High Priest of Loli
ELISA - Kikai Jikake no Cinderella
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High Priest of Loli
Good morning.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
*wakes up*
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High Priest of Loli
T.M.Revolution - O.L
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7.2/10
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Good morning.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Some of us, at least.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Hello, Taz. ^_^
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Isn't it already?
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Cute. ^_^
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High Priest of Loli
Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders
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High Priest of Loli
Good morning.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
And this is why Japan needs to get rid of their censorship laws - it's directly affecting their income.
luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
Just wasn't back from dinner yet.
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Good morning.