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Archive for the ‘Obscenity’ Category

Obscenity, paranoia? She is lucky she is not reported to the police for a child pornography offence!

Store censors photo of baby on cake because of nudity: “A mother who wanted to give a birthday cake to her son featuring a photo of him as a baby is forced to have it censored.”

(Via BBC News.)

Public Comment Period Opens for Proposed Porn-Free Wireless Net: “A two-week public comment period commenced today for the proposed establishment of a free national wireless Internet that would filter out content considered harmful to teens and adolescents.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer: “In a Florida trial, Google data will be used to argue that explicit material doesn’t violate community values.”

(Via NYT > Technology.)

UK’s Idea of Extreme Porn Still Undefined: “On June 14, U.K.-based Consenting Adult Action Network (C.A.A.N.) went to West Midlands police headquarters to seek advice about the recent implementation of the Obscene Publications Act which outlaws ‘extreme’ and ‘disgusting’ pornography, effective January 2009.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

BBC NEWS | Magazine | What is obscene these days?: “What is obscene these days? “

It’s 2008 and sex seems to be everywhere. So who holds the line between permissiveness and obscenity? What is obscene these days? And how do those people entrusted to make these calls cope with the harrowing work?

Do you know how much of your porn is extreme?: “

If you’ve got the time, ask a policeman

It seems likely that the government thought that passing a new law on extreme porn would be the last word on the matter. Recent events in Birmingham suggest that this may not quite be the case.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Interstate web host foils gonzo porn baron Max Hardcore:

California obscenity, Florida conviction

A federal jury in Tampa, Florida convicted a pioneer of gross-out ‘gonzo’ porn last week on obscenity charges stemming from the delivery of his movies over the Internet, despite the fact that he lives and works entirely in California.…

(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Index on Censorship » Something must be done

The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes
Julian Petley

Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside Linda Lovelace have in common? Answer: they were all subject to failed prosecutions under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 & 1964 (OPA). Next question: what do the Protection of Children Act 1978, the Video Recordings Act 1984, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Criminal Justice Act 2008 have in common? Answer: they are all attempts to circumvent the OPA, whose provisions the censorious have long agitated against as overly liberal and ‘permissive’.

Max Hardcore Jury Returns Guilty Verdict: “Jurors in the Max Hardcore obscenity trial have returned a verdict of guilty on 10 federal counts of distributing obscene materials over the Internet and through the mail.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

Porn store loses film sex challenge | Herald Sun: “Porn store loses film sex challenge
Article from: AAP, By Nicolas Perpitch, May 21, 2008 04:07pm

AN online adult store has lost a legal challenge to Australia’s film classification system after arguing that most adults are no longer offended by seeing actual sex in movies.

The Federal Court today dismissed an appeal by Adultshop.com against an X rating given to the adult film Viva Erotica.

Adultshop.com had been fighting a legal battle for the movie to be given an R18+ rating, following a 2006 decision by the Classification Review Board to give Viva Erotica the more restrictive X18+ rating.

The application by Adultshop.com for a review of the board’s decision was unsuccessful and in November last year Federal Court Judge Peter Jacobson upheld the board’s ruling.

Today the full bench of the Federal Court dismissed Adultshop.com’s appeal against Justice Jacobson’s judgment.”