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* " Obscene feminists: Why women are leading the battle against censorship " by Annalee Newitz, San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 8, 2002.
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" Obscene Feminists: Why Women Are Leading the Battle Against Censorship.
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The Obscene Publications Act defined obscenity as that which may " tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it ".
Obscene Articles Tribunals are established to determine whether an article is obscene or indecent.
Many new acts are of the death metal / black metal sub-genres, one example being Obscene Eulogy, although all styles are represented.
Justice Cockburn reasoned that the Obscene Publications Act allowed banning of a publication if it had a " tendency ... to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
As of 2008 these latter two Obscene Publications Acts are still in force, albeit as amended by more recent legislation.
Powers of search and seizure are covered by Section 3, which also repealed the Obscene Publications Act 1857.
Justice Cockburn reasoned that the Obscene Publications Act allowed banning of a publication if it had a " tendency ... to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences, and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall.
* International Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications A treaty to which Australia and Fiji are signatories
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In the United Kingdom the Obscene Publications Act 1959 provided for the protection of " literature " but conversely increased the penalties against pure " pornography.
A defence against the charge of obscenity on the grounds of literary merit was introduced in the Obscene Publications Act 1959.
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Approaching 80, McGill fell foul of several local censorship committees which culminated in a major trial in Lincoln on 15 July 1954 for breaking the Obscene Publications Act 1857.
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39 films were successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act but some of these films have been subsequently cut and then approved for release by the BBFC.
When the full unexpurgated edition was published by Penguin Books in Britain in 1960, the trial of Penguin under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 was a major public event and a test of the new obscenity law.
Called " Jude the Obscene " by at least one reviewer, Jude the Obscure received a harsh reception from scandalised critics ; it is thought largely for this reason that Hardy made the decision to produce only poetry and drama for his remaining 32 years.
The Vice-Chancellor was interviewed by the police, under caution, with a view to prosecution under the terms of the Obscene Publications Acts.
On June 25, 2002, Easy Finder was prosecuted by the Obscene Article Tribunal under Section 24 of the Hong Kong Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance for publishing a picture of a naked girl in issue 570 without adding warning on the front page.
' East Touch ' was convicted and fined by the courts for publishing indecent articles about pornography, thereby falling foul of the Obscene Articles Tribunal and the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority.
Obscenity law in England and Wales is currently governed by the various Obscene Publications Acts, and Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 but obscenity laws go back much further into the English common law.
‘ The European Extermination Tour ’ took place all over Europe in July 2001 which saw Beheaded headline alongside label mates Anasarca, stopping by at the Obscene Extreme Festival in the Czech Republic.
In 1990, issues of " Omaha " the Cat Dancer were seized by New Zealand authorities ; the country's Obscene Publications Tribunal declared that the series was not indecent.
In amongst playing shows worldwide, including Indonesia, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Finland, Germany, Estonia and at the Obscene Extreme Festival in the Czech Republic, ENT recorded their next album, Law of Retaliation which was released in early 2009 by Osmose in Europe, MCR Company in Japan, and Deep Six Records in the US.
Scent of the Obscene is a single released by Watford Metal act Sikth in October 2003.
The band's second LP, The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks, was banned by retailers HMV, and copies were seized by Greater Manchester police from Eastern Bloc record shop, which was charged with displaying " Obscene Articles For Publication For Gain ".
After several failed attempts to push a bill through Parliament, a committee finally succeeded in creating a viable bill, which was introduced to Parliament by Roy Jenkins and given the Royal Assent on 29 July 1959, coming into force on 29 August 1959 as the Obscene Publications Act 1959.
Prior to the passing of the 1959 Act, the publication of obscene materials within England and Wales was governed by the common law and the Obscene Publications Act 1857.
It was introduced to the House of Lords by Lord Birkett, received the Royal Assent on 29 July 1959, and came into force on 29 August 1959 as the Obscene Publications Act 1959.
As a result, the Act was amended by the Obscene Publications Act 1964, which created the offence of " possessing obscene articles for publication or sale " and also extended " obscene materials " to cover photograph negatives.
Besides his main project, Mika has been involved in various other bands around the globe, such as the Canadian metal band Obscene Eulogy and the French black punk band, The Rocking Dildos which was formed by owner of the French label Osmose Productions, Hervé and himself.
Obscene, a documentary feature about Rosset and Grove Press by Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O ’ Connor, was released September 26, 2008.
Obscene, a documentary feature about Rosset by Neil Ortenberg and Daniel O ’ Connor, was released September 26, 2008.
The Metropolitan Police had accused the defendant, Michael Peacock, of selling gay BDSM pornographic DVDs which had the ability to " deprave and corrupt " the viewer, contravening the Obscene Publications Act 1959, but he was acquitted by a jury.
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In May, he moved the first reading of the Obscene Publications Bill, which passed with support from both sides of the house.
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Jenkins was principal sponsor, in 1959, of the bill which became the liberalising Obscene Publications Act, responsible for establishing the " liable to deprave and corrupt " criterion as a basis for a prosecution of suspect material and for specifying literary merit as a possible defence.
This also occurred in the United Kingdom starting with the 1959 Obscene Publications Act and reaching a peak with the LCL court case.
It was the longest trial under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act.
In another 1983 court case in New York, United States v. Various Articles of Obscene Merchandise found the film not to be obscene.
At the time of the introduction of domestic video recorders in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, there was no legislation specifically designed to regulate video content, apart from the Obscene Publications Act 1959 which had been amended in 1977 to cover erotic films.
In Regina v Eyles Matter No 60305 / 97 ( 1997 ) NSWSC 452 ( 1 October 1997 ) the offender was seen masturbating in his front garden and charged with Obscene Exposure under the Summary Offences Act 1988-Section 5.
The Penguin second edition, published in 1961, contains a publisher's dedication, which reads: " For having published this book, Penguin Books were prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act, 1959 at the Old Bailey in London from 20 October to 2 November 1960.
Obscene or harassing use of telecommunications facilities under the Communications Act of 1934.
Obscene programming on cable television.
Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age.
* Obscene Publications Act 1857 is passed in the United Kingdom, placing severe restrictions on the content of published books until it is replaced with a less stringent one in 1959.
In 1992, Dismember released the Pieces EP, and the following year continued with second full-length Indecent & Obscene which featured their song " Dreaming in Red "; the " Dreaming in Red " videoclip was shown in MTV's Headbangers Ball.
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Because this was a general Act, there was no possibility of defence on the basis of artistic merit, unlike that permitted under the Obscene Publications Act.
Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales.
* Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance ( Cap.
* “ AIDS Assaults Courts Controversy with Andrew Cornell Robinson's Obscene Ceramics ”, SOWEBO, ACT UP Exhibition, Baltimore, MD.
# Since the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance ( Cap. 390 ) was enacted in Hong Kong in 1994, Next Magazine has violated the law about 17 times and has received fines in the range ( http :// ent. sina. com. cn / s / h / 2002-10-11 / 1158105895. html ).
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