A court ruling came out that if you upload an image file of a scandalous "comic comic book" in which children and youth appear on the Internet, you will be punished for sex crimes against children and youth.

According to the legal community today (15th), the Seoul Central District Court's 2nd sentence (Deputy Judge Lee Kwan-Yong) sentenced A to a fine of 2 million won for Mr. A accused of producing and distributing pornography under the Youth Sex Protection Act.

From September 2014 to July 2015, office worker A posted a scanned copy of three Japanese adult comics featuring students in school uniforms in Korean and translated them into Korean and posted them on an Internet site.

Prosecutor A, charged with the police and charged with the production and distribution of pornography for children and youth, claimed at the trial of the first trial in June 2016 that "the comic book scandal is not a real thing, but a virtual creation."

The Tribunal said, “The September 2011 revision of the sub-laws and added'persons or expressions that can be recognized as children and youth' means that virtual creations will be regulated regardless of the actual appearance of children and youth.” Sentenced to a circle. Mr. A immediately appealed.

Meanwhile, in May 2019, the Supreme Court first presented the criteria for judging'people or expressions that can be recognized as children and youth'. When considering the appearance of an animation character, the description of physical development, and setting the situation comprehensively, it can be punished as a child/youth abuse pornography crime if it is clearly recognized as a child or adolescent.

Accordingly, the Court of Appeals on the 5th also ruled that "a scan of a paper book expressing the contents of pornography used by children and adolescents and converting it into an image form through a computer or the Internet is also a pornography used by children and adolescents." In addition, he emphasized that "paper books can be systematically prevented such as post-deliberation of publications, but digital images and videos have a difference in ripple effect due to unlimited copying and unauthorized distribution."

The court reduced the fine to 2 million won by partially acknowledging Mr. A's misconduct.

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