Re: Porn, The Net and the Law...??

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From: Oliver Broadway
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 00:00

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 In article <19970203221339121616@tachyon.demon.co.uk>
  frank@SPAMBLOCK_REMOVE_TO_REPLYtachyon.co.uk (Frank Charlton) wrote:-

>AFAIK, it's illegal under the Obscene Publications Act in the UK to have
>any pornographic material in your possession, no matter how it's stored.
>The illegality obviously doesn't include topless or nude photos, and
>begins with anything depicting the sexual act.

So does that mean that if someone posts a picture which falls within the
definition of illegal pornography to a newsgroup which I read, and I
download it without realising what it is (which has happened in the past,
although I don't download any articles with a subject line which suggests
that they are binaries of any sort, including pornographic pictures), I'm
breaking the law by having it stored on my computer, even if I delete it as
soon as I realise what it is?

--

Ollie

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