cleanfeed and wikipedia

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:01:13 +0000


In article <493B1AE0.3040708@cloud9.co.uk>, James Fidell 
<james@cloud9.co.uk> writes
>On the other hand, the ramifications of finding that it is not illegal
>may be far less pleasant.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/09/policing_internet_one/

...claims that the IWF appeals process has never been used.

>If this album cover is considered likely to be illegal, or a case went 
>to court and it was judged illegal, where does that leave people who 
>may have owned the original LP without an issue for perhaps 30 years or 
>more?

Several "classes" of image have become banned (as have several classes 
on guns and knives). The question I'd ask is whether there's a practical 
risk of prosecution over single images, as there is over single guns and 
knives.
-- 
Roland Perry