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text messages are publishing

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In very related new to the recent porn trial reports, it would seem that our enlightened judiciary are once more extending the law. For they have decided on an appeal ruling that sending a text message counts as publishing as far as the obscene publications act is concerned. The full details are over at the The Register, but basically text based communications to an audience of one counts as publishing, and it could be up to a jury to decide if the text is capable of “depraving or corrupting”. If it were a chat session then both parties could be … Continue reading →

Extreme porn update

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Via Katabasis, it seems what I said ages ago was right – want to get someone in trouble send them a “banned” pick then tip off the police, the offence is possession so how you got it or even if you looked at it doesn’t matter. Mind I love the defence that the e-mail server etc. belong to the company (in the case microsoft) so as you don’t own the mails but merely have a license to access them are you in fact in possession. “DS Callahan was recalled to the witness box. The main point of contention involved the … Continue reading →

Another slippery slope

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Yet another slippery slope that we were all told wouldn’t be applied to nice law abiding people just horrible horrible evil pervert – thus provoking at the time the response from numerous law abiding people of “yeah like hell it won’t just wait”. And thus verily it did come to pass that images of fisting should be classified as extreme porn and the possessors of such should receive up to three years custody and be put on the sexual offenders register. (If you don’t know what fisting is google at your own risk, but not I’d advise at work, or … Continue reading →