Out-Law newsletter says IWF "was wrong to lift its ban on a Wikipedia page"

Richard Clayton ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:46:14 +0000


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In article <22FD887444964E67BD75B08B8FBA1705@your41b8d18ede>, Tom
Thomson <cmt@btinternet.com> writes


>Now, if that photograph is pornographic (which is presumably to be
>interpreted as meaning indecent, 

no - they're different tests

>since the 1978 act refers to indecent
>photographs and pseudo-photographs and the 2003 act does not amend that)

It's intentional that PoCA (as amended) says "indecent" which is "lower
level" than "pornographic" (or "obscene")

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

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