Extreme pornography law: they tried to sound sane but the law is mad

[ciphergoth]

emarkienna has published an analysis of the new extreme pornography law. They tried to sound sane and reasonable during the consultation process, but the law they've come up with is censorious madness. You can explicitly get three years inside for copying a segment from a legally-bought Hollywood movie into your porn folder.

Backlash are campaigning against the new law.

Aaaarghg.

Comments

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

I'm a woman. And a feminist.

I appear in photos on my hard drive, taken during consensual activities in which my life 'appears' to be threatened, and depending on the definition, where 'serious injury' might result. This is true of many many people in the UK. Many more may have similar images of others engaged in similar consensual acts. The Government may state that it is not their intention to criminalise sadomasochists, but the truth is that were this law to pass I could be convicted, sentenced to up to three years in prison, and added to the Sex Offenders Register, all for photos taken during consensual activities which took place in the privacy of my own home.

Do you think that's right? If not, you can't really complain about us opposing the clauses in the Bill which make it the case.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

See my reply to Ciphegoth above.