Japan's top court upholds fine on designer for child porn computer images

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by a graphic designer against a fine imposed for selling computer-generated images of naked girls produced from photographs, in what could be the first ruling to be finalized that treats such images as child pornography.In a decision dated Monday, the top court's First Petty Bench upheld a lower court decision imposing the fine of 300,000 yen ($2,750) on Akashi Takahashi, 59, for creating and selling images of nude children based on a photo collection.Takahashi had argued the images were "works of art depicting an imaginary character" and would…READ FULL ARTICLE