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Welsh police come down hard on Octopussy porn: “

Man accused of possessing extreme porn

A man appeared before Swansea magistrates this week accused of possessing extreme porn images, including one which allegedly shows ‘a person performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely a squid.’…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Man remanded for extreme porn offences: “

Time to dust off those disk scrubbers?

An arrest – and remand time – for being suspected of possessing extreme porn may act as wake-up call for those who thought that the new law on extreme porn would just quietly fade away.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Written material saved from censor’s big black pen – for now: “

Lords suicide debate saves the day

Censorship of written material is off the agenda – for now: and for that we may need to thank Lord Falconer’s intense interest in suicide.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Ukraine Outlaws Pornography, but ‘Medicinal’ Use Is OK: “Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a law into effect yesterday making possession of pornography a criminal offense.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

PC repair techs police dangerous picture law: “

Careful where you surf

A visit to your PC repair shop could be swiftly followed by a trip to court and a short stay in your local jail if it harbours any remotely questionable material – whether you knew about it or not.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

U.K. Attacks Extreme Porn: “Recently, the U.K. has begun a clampdown on ‘extreme porn.’ Meanwhile, across the rest of Europe, various countries are limbering up to clamp down on adults viewing what they deem to be unsavory material on the Internet.”

(Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)

US – Child porn damages precedent set: “(BBC)
A British man living in the US has been told by a judge to pay $200,000 to a woman for possessing an indecent image of her as a child. The judge said it was the first such criminal case in which someone found possessing illegal images had to pay restitution, despite not creating them. Briton Alan Hesketh was sentenced to 78 months in prison in October.”

(Via QuickLinks Update.)

UK ‘bad’ pics ban to stretch?: “

Is that a loophole? How disgusting

The government could be planning to up the ante when it comes to material it doesn’t approve of – it may become illegal to even look at images, not merely possess them.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Extreme Pornography : Legal Guidance : Crown Prosecution Service

Up to date on 19 January 2009

This link will lead you to the Guidance on Extreme Pornography provided by the Crown Prosecution Service. It has been prepared to assist Crown Prosecutors and Associate Prosecutors when making decisions in respect of sections 63 to 67 of the Act to prosecute for possession of extreme pornographic images.

Comment: The other face of ‘Digital Britain’ – politics.co.uk

Julian Petley, professor of Film and Television at Brunel UniversityJulian Petley, professor of Film and Television at Brunel University

Monday, 26, Jan 2009 08:02

A while back, British newspapers were harrumphing about the Australian government banning Aboriginals from accessing pornography, as a knee-jerk response to a report showing high levels of sexual abuse of Aboriginal children. What they signally failed to notice, however, was that one of the nineteen new offences announced in New Labour’s 54th criminal justice bill since it came to power was the possession of what it calls ‘extreme pornographic images’. Those found guilty risk three years in gaol, or a hefty fine, or both. They will also be put on the sex offenders register, and thus have their lives wrecked.

In spite of a concerted three-year campaign against this measure, and great swathes of the bill being dropped as it passed through parliament, the anti-porn clauses not only remained in the bill but were actually widened in scope. This can only be regarded as a direct smack in the faces of those like Backlash, the Spanner Trust, Index on Censorship and a considerable number of academics, who had the temerity to object to it in the first place, and a clear warning that the government intends to intimidate and criminalise not only the entire BDSM community but very considerable portions of the DVD/video-owning and website-visiting communities as well.
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