[9008] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: sleaze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Tue Dec 14 18:20:39 1993
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1993 01:18:03 +0200
From: Petri Helenius <pete@eunet.fi>
To: bachmann@austin.ibm.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9312142153.AA39994@bachmann.austin.ibm.com> (message from Dave Bachmann on Tue, 14 Dec 93 15:53:06 -0600)
> I don't think deniability of origin is really the issue here. Posting
> X-rated GIF's is not illegal (to my knowledge), any more than
> publishing X-rated magazines is. It's the issue of access by minors.
> Just as minors are not allowed to buy Playboy (I believe), we may see
> some restriction on allowing them to have access to racy GIFs, although
> that's going to be difficult.
There is a significant difference between a belief and the fact. At least
in Finland there is no distribution limits on printed erotic material.
Films and videos are a completely different thing, though.
Pete
