Criminal Jusctice and Police bill

[Donald ramsbottom]

At 05:04 PM 2/8/01 -0000, you wrote:
>From: Donald ramsbottom [mailto:donald@ramsbottom.co.uk]
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:22 AM
>To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
>Subject: Criminal Jusctice and Police bill
>
>
>>>S:71 MAY give ISPs a headache as it deals with the importation of
>Pornography.<<
>
>The requirement to be "knowingly concerned" in importation should provide a
>let out to ISP's, so I'd agree with MAY.  Do you know what the definition of
>'goods' within the C&EMA 1979 is?  Can it be extrapolated to data bitstream?
>
>>>Remember to be very nice to the C&E man when you are on that business trip
>which you can't be late for and need the presentation slides on your
>Notebook!<<
>
>Too scary for words...
>
>Mark Brewis 
 

I think that any ISP who carries the Alt.binaries.......... etc newsgroups
must "know" what there contents are (even if not specifics in general
terms), there is just the slightest possibility that
alt.binaries.erotica.hamsters.ducttape....... may be illegal        :)

We all know that electronic pictures count just as much as 7 by 8 glossy
prints, the only question is whether the data bitstream counts, until RIPA,
I'd have said not, but you never know how these things will be interpretted
in the future.





Donald Ramsbottom BA LLb (Hons) PGdip
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