Re: Violent Porn Petition
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:20 pm
I understand their viewpoint all too well – they supported censorship of legal material for the sake of their own profits, and to the detriment of the consumer; that doesn’t mean I have to agree with or respect it, particularly when they used propaganda to achieve their goal (security, child protection etc.), which are the excuses that ‘Ofcon’ chose to ‘justify’ their broadcast censorship.
“I don't think that the UK Producers do support this - it will send them back to the days of pre-2000.”
No, there will be an exemption for material classified by the BBFC, hence the reason I said:-
“after all, the only way of being sure that material you possess doesn’t fall foul of these ridiculous proposals is to stick to their quite often censored, and invariably expensive, R18 product”
Think about it, people who, at the moment, and quite rightly IMO, source uncensored originals, rather than R18, are likely to be frightened into turning to R18, a sometimes inferior & invariably more expensive product, because of the threat of incarceration – As I said, very effective protectionism, resulting in even less competition for UK adult industry than already exists – Do you really think that, as demonstrated by their self serving support of broadcast censorship, they would not embrace this golden opportunity?
As for further censorship, some HC at R18 in 2000 was brought about by a legal decision by the High Court in England, consequently, it is unlikely that Government would (could?) turn the clock back. The BBFC have said as much in the past, though I don’t particularly trust what they say.
Of course, this is my reading of the situation, if AITA, or anyone else in the industry, wished to disabuse me of my suspicions, by stating publicly that they oppose the proposals, and clarify what they have done/are doing to stop their introduction, I would be happy to read about it.
“I don't think that the UK Producers do support this - it will send them back to the days of pre-2000.”
No, there will be an exemption for material classified by the BBFC, hence the reason I said:-
“after all, the only way of being sure that material you possess doesn’t fall foul of these ridiculous proposals is to stick to their quite often censored, and invariably expensive, R18 product”
Think about it, people who, at the moment, and quite rightly IMO, source uncensored originals, rather than R18, are likely to be frightened into turning to R18, a sometimes inferior & invariably more expensive product, because of the threat of incarceration – As I said, very effective protectionism, resulting in even less competition for UK adult industry than already exists – Do you really think that, as demonstrated by their self serving support of broadcast censorship, they would not embrace this golden opportunity?
As for further censorship, some HC at R18 in 2000 was brought about by a legal decision by the High Court in England, consequently, it is unlikely that Government would (could?) turn the clock back. The BBFC have said as much in the past, though I don’t particularly trust what they say.
Of course, this is my reading of the situation, if AITA, or anyone else in the industry, wished to disabuse me of my suspicions, by stating publicly that they oppose the proposals, and clarify what they have done/are doing to stop their introduction, I would be happy to read about it.