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nruddock
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Posted - Feb 28 2000 : 11:12AM
People are talkin about what happens UK customs, so from an American perspective I have this to say!
If I'm right, it is legal to own hardcore films in the UK, but not to sell, imports or trade with other people in the UK. It is also illegal to import them.
If customs in the UK search your place, then what can they do if they find any movies? Who says you imported them? You can own them legally! What's the deal with this?
I'm just glad we don't have those kinds of problems that much over here! You guy's are way behind!
Darkness
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Posted - Mar 4 2000 : 3:34AM
I am pretty sure that it is not legal to own hard core porn at all. Your comments about selling them etc. are pretty much on the ball.
The law says something like "likely to deprave and corrupt", which currently means no open cunt, erect cocks or close up of intercourse. I have heard that if you bring back normal hard core porn from a holiday and are stopped at Customs and it is found, they will quite likely let you keep it if you say it is for your own personal use and it is not too hard core, but it depends on the Customs agent. I know we get into definitions here of too hard core, but that is what it is like, there is no hard and fast rule here.
The irony is that the legal sale of hard core porn (through approved sex shops) is now going on (but subject to a legal challange) and the Customs people are stopping material entering the country that is legally on sale in some shops!
Go figure!!
nruddock
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Posted - Mar 4 2000 : 5:54AM
I was talking to a former head of distribution for the BFI (British Film Institute) the other day, who said that British people have the right to own any kind of porn, soft or hard unless the acts depicted were subject to legal prosecution in themselves i.e. rape & child porn.
He suggested that porn as any other film form is subject to the laws of "personal possession". The term "deprave and corrupt" are applied to justify the act of stopping procurement of such items, which is not allowed. There is an adult movie FAQ on the net somewhere, which also states that it is legal to own, but not to procure, which I don't have a link for. This also does not tackle the question of what they can do?
I now for a fact that film archives in the UK have a wealth of hardcore footage, which is not subject to prosecution or any special license. It also seems that very few cases ever go to court, those that do are nearly always about selling such items. Does anyone know anything about this kind of stuff?




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