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Originally Posted by TextBill_ben
Following on from the 'sent down for selling porn' - which should obviously have read - sent down for selling obscene material 'thread'.... what is obscene...? where does this line get drawn?
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OK.. Assuming you are talking of the UK - Here's the guidelines :-
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Charging practice
Specimen indictment (Indictment Precedent Manual).
The particulars should clearly identify the obscene article e.g. "an Internet website entitled "Welcome" (exhibit reference KDW/6)."
It is impossible to define all types of activity which are suitable for prosecution; however, the following categories are those most commonly used:
* sexual acts with children
* sexual assaults upon children
* portrayal of incest
* buggery with an animal
* rape
* drug taking
* flagellation
* torture with instruments
* bondage (especially where gags are used)
* dismemberment or graphic mutilation
* cannibalism
* activities involving perversion or degradation (such as drinking urine or smearing excreta on a person's body)
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Note the last item which covers "scat" and which was the reason for the prosecution of "the trader". It has little to do with video ratings or the BBFC - it was basically an Obscene Publications Act offense.
The full textual guidlines from the Crown Prosecution Service are here...
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section12/chapter_e.html