cleanfeed and wikipedia

[Ian Batten]

>
> The word appear is redundant. Either an image is illegal, or it isn't.
> If the police think an image is illegal then they need to approach the
> government prosecutors with a view to taking it to court.

The usual reason for _not_ bringing a prosecution are the  
unavailability of the identity, and therefore age, of the subject, the  
photographer, the commissioner or other people involved in the  
production of the image.

This is absolutely not the case here: the subject is named and known,  
the photographer and the person who commissioned the work are not  
merely known but have been interviewed and had their views on the  
matter published, the current copyright holder is a major record  
company and the original copyright holder still has successor bodies.

If it is illegal, then it would be trivial to prosecute the people  
involved in distributing the image in the UK.   Although the original  
cover is not (and never was) used in the UK, it is I believe included  
in the double CD boxset of In Trance and Virgin Killer.

For example, if I click on the ``One-Day-1-Click FREE'' button (yes, I  
am an Amazon Prime saddo) on

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trance-Virgin-Killer-Deluxe-Collectors/dp/B000N3AWGQ/ref=pd_sim_m_h__4

then I believe I will get a copy of the original cover (in black and  
white, I think).

http://www.twenga.co.uk/cd/in-trance-virgin-killer-deluxe-collectors_122194.html

implies that up until recently Asda were selling it, too.

Amazon and Asda are not small companies, and it is open to the police  
to bring a prosecution.

ian