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Old 08-04-2013, 02:17 PM  
Nathan
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Originally Posted by otaku View Post
I'm gonna have to correct you on this. Uncensored porn IS illegal in Japan, i.e. any content DISTRIBUTED in Japan has to be censored regardless where it is produced. You cannot sell uncensored Brazzers DVDs in Japan because they were produced in America or Canada. Otherwise Japanese producers would produce all their content in Guam and then sell them uncensored in Japan, which doesn't happen. American porn mags in Japan? They all get the black magic marker treatment. Conversely you can produce content in Japan that is uncensored for distribution overseas like DTI, Red Hot, Sky Angel, etc, as the censorship happens in post anyway.
You are correct, as soon as published in Japan anything needs to be censored, but I have been told by multiple lawyers that Japanese companies can not distribute outside Japan uncensored either, it has to stay censored.

It would obviously be awesome if proven otherwise, so I will have to look into this again.

Last edited by Nathan; 08-04-2013 at 02:19 PM..
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