Thread: Six British ISPs are filtering access to Wikipedia
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Old 08-12-2008, 17:36   #70
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Re: Six British ISPs are filtering access to Wikipedia
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Originally Posted by nffc View Post
I agree with you. However, that content is clearly illegal in the UK as well as probably in most countries where it would be hosted (since the law of the hosting company's country applies here).

They should go about it properly and get a court order to remove the image from Wikipedia, not just censor the page with a blank screen. Or did they not do that, because they knew full well they would lose, since it is not child porn but covered by the art exemption?
It is not clear that the image is illegal in the UK. There is no ruling, only opinion. If IWF blocks this then they should be blocking the same page on Amazon.com and on Google Images searches. Bet Amazon would be leaping up and down if all traffic was proxied in the weeks before christmas and they would have the commercial might of Amazon against them, not the voice of a large charity. Caqn't you see the image in your local HMV/Woolies/Virgin Megastore on the shelves as it is on the cover of the 'In Trance / Virgin Killer" deluxe box set?
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