UK: High Court blocks web porn sales
One thing I've always insisted is that it takes a while for legislators to understand that the Internet "knows" no national boundaries (unless you're talking about the "Great Firewall of China"). What's to stop UK punters from ordering their pr0n from, say, Sweden?
Via the BBC:
Adult-only porn videos and DVDs cannot be sold in the UK by mail order, the web or phone, the High Court has ruled.
Lord Justice Maurice Kay and Mr Justice Newman said "R18" sexually explicit recordings had to be sold in person in licensed sex shops.
They said the aim of the law was to stop the material falling into the hands of children.
It was argued at a recent hearing that the law harmed UK mail order firms and benefited overseas sex companies.
posted by Fergie @ 5/23/2005 10:07:00 AM
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