Re: The Internet Day of Protest so far

Trond Buland (Trond.Buland@IFIM.SINTEF.NO)
Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:23:18 GMT-0100

Wed, 13 Dec, Traun said:
> Mr. Buland: How ridiculous do the US laws on pornography on the net look
> from over thre? Maybe I'm being presuming, but I'd bet you lot must be
> laughing your asses (can i say that america?) off at our repressed
> tendencies.

we're not so much laughing, as being a bit scared! at least i am. why?
because our government, trying as best as it can to behave like the
50-somthing state of the union, as usual is prone to try to imitate
this whole mess..... and since government and parliament over here
know just as little about the technical aspects of network
communication as is the case in american congress, i guess they'll
try. just give'em a little more time.....
>
> What is Norway going to do to you for selling nude photos of legal age
> women? What prevents me from moving to Amsterdam (where they definitley

since you ask; nothing! as long as they're not doing anything
explicit. if you sell photos of nude legal age women engaged in
explicit sexual acts, i.e. male and/or female organs in (moving, if
it's on video) action, you may even get arrested. as a matter of fact,
norweigan law on "pornography" is a little bit messy... or rather,
the interpertation of those laws have changed somewhat over the years.

our sweet tabloid press do love "porn" on the NET anyway: if a guy
put's up "pornographic" photos on his homepage, or even a link to
that kind of stuff, it's likely to earn him a front-page in at least
one of our leading members of the free press

> spooks over and have me deported back to the US for something like that?

as Evan said; no, but they would try to do whatever they could to
stop you from reaching any audience in america. that's the modern
form of censurship you know: no more burning of books; you can say and
print whatever you like, as long as people can be prevented from
reading it......

have a nice day :-)

tb

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