The new UK law on "extreme pornography"

YourRhythmStickl · Nov 2, 2010

I just found out about this. Does this also refer to BDSM whipping/caning videos involving consenting adults?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_pornography

Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

It refers to pornography, defined as an image "of such a nature that it must reasonably be assumed to have been produced solely or principally for the purpose of sexual arousal", which is "grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character", and portrays any of the following:

* (a) an act which threatens a personâ€™s life,
* (b) an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a personâ€™s anus, breasts or genitals,
* (c) an act which involves or appears to involve sexual interference with a human corpse,
* (d) a person performing or appearing to perform an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive),

sebastian · Nov 2, 2010

I think it might well cover some forms of caning and whipping videos, under points A and B. Censorship laws tend to get applied rather broadly.

L8NightQ · Nov 5, 2010

Looks like it would certainly include some of the torture videos I've seen.

I don't like them anyway, but it would seem that mainstream bondage, flogging, non-damaging corporal punishment, forced orgasms, etc... would not be. I would not want to be the person to test it.
I agree with Sebastian regarding the way censorship laws are applied.

YourRhythmStickl · Nov 5, 2010

c and d seem fair enough but a and b sound ambiguous.

"* (a) an act which threatens a person’s life"
Does this mean a video of a woman smoking a cigarette is now illegal since she is threatening her life?

"* (b) an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s anus, breasts or genitals"
Spanking a bottom is hardly going to result in serious injury IMO. But it all depends on what "serious injury" means- some people might consider welts and blood as serious. And some people might group anus and bottom together.

YourRhythmStickl · Nov 5, 2010

The law was introduced in the UK after some guy addicted to violent porn murdered his gf. But I can't see how it will save any lives as the porn is still out there, and if someone doesn't care about the consequences of murder they are hardly going to care about the consequences of viewing illegal porn. The theory sounds good but in practice it just won't work.

And the people who end up being caught out will just be harmless people who happen to have a healthy interest in BDSM.

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