High Court blocks web porn sales - Democratic Underground

emad

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Mon May-23-05 11:12 AM
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High Court blocks web porn sales

Adult-only porn videos and DVDs cannot be sold in the UK by mail order, the web or phone, the High Court has ruled.

Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Newman said "R18" sexually explicit recordings had to be sold in person in licensed sex shops.

They said the aim of the law was to stop the material falling into the hands of children.

It was argued at a recent hearing that the law harmed UK mail order firms and benefited overseas sex companies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4573507.stm

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benburch

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Mon May-23-05 11:19 AM
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1. Good news for my friends in the Adult Industry here in the USA.

I assure you they will be "cleaning up" on this opportunity!

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onehandle

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Mon May-23-05 11:32 AM
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2. And in Europe.

Plenty of producers on the mainland. And sellers in the UK will just move their distribution centers and servers abroad.

Pretty silly law for Yurp.

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Pert_UK

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Mon May-23-05 11:34 AM
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3. GODDAMIT!

So I've got to go all the way into SOHO for my jollies?

:evilgrin:

P.

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benburch

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Mon May-23-05 11:38 AM
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4. No! Just log onto any porn website and watch streaming porn...

They just don't get it that porn is just information to the computer, and can be delivered across borders at the speed of light.

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sam sarrha

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Mon May-23-05 12:32 PM
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8. Streaming Porn..i'll never get that picture out of my mind ..!!

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dhinojosa

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Mon May-23-05 12:33 PM
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9. Not Steaming Porn.....STREAMING Porn. :) nt

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Jeff In Milwaukee

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Mon May-23-05 12:50 PM
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11. Well, if it's NOT "steaming" porn...

why would I want to watch it?

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MidwestTransplant

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Mon May-23-05 02:24 PM
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12. Wait, you can get porn on the internet? What a novel idea!

Edited on Mon May-23-05 02:24 PM by MidwestTransplant

Some enterprising fellow is sure to make thousands with that idea!

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jayfish

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Mon May-23-05 11:41 AM
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5. What About...

pay-per-view? That sounds like a rather short-sighted and downright reactionary ruling to me.

Jay

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sweetheart

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Mon May-23-05 12:04 PM
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6. Phew! At least they didn't ban teenage sex!

Gosh, what if all those 12-14 years old pregnant girls were to get PORN!!
on the internet... oh we can't have that!

It shows what a bunch of silly out of touch farts run the government...

oh well, i guess they can't get real jobs, so they just fuck with
other peoples lives. They shold start attaching hoodies to judge
outfits, so they can be more in character as a gang of social thugs.

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sam sarrha

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Mon May-23-05 12:30 PM
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7. Phew! .. thought i was go'n to have to drive across town for porno..!!!

and you can order it on cable..!!!

sounds like a porno shop lobby...

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dhinojosa

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Mon May-23-05 12:34 PM
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10. More for us!!!!!

:woohoo:

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daleo

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Mon May-23-05 05:57 PM
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13. Good luck enforcing this

Laws that can't be enforced are pointless at best.

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