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I have just come across www.cheekydvd.com

It is a dvd rental service offering R18 dvd's for rental in the UK. I thought that the distribution of R18 by mail was illegal.

Does anyone know if this service is either legal or genuine? The website looks pretty slick but I wonder if it is a scam?

If it is legal and above board I bet it will be popular.

They do appear to be legit but, in common with everyone else, are confused about the legal status.

Here's an extract from a posting made to the forum on :

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I'm reading about companies being challenged by trading standards for supplying R18 by mail-order, yet I have a license from a UK local authority that "allows the distribution of R18 material by mail order".

So am I acting illegally by doing so? Who knows...

I did call Trading Standards and ask, to which they said "No, you can't do it". I said, "But I have a license to do it by mail order." They replied "No, you haven't.". I faxed it to them. Now, they won't talk to us.

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Has anyone actually used this website to rent DVD's?

It sounds very good, but as Peter said, who knows what the legal situation is?