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Originally posted by NetRodent
http://www.freespeechcoalition.com/P.../Vol2No.5.html
CLINTON OUTLAWS ?CRUSH VIDEO? PROFITS
WASHINGTON ? President Clinton has signed a bill outlawing commercial gain from the sale of videos depicting animal cruelty.
The targeted movies, called ?crush videos,? show women?s feet crushing animals such as mice or guinea pigs, allegedly for the sexual gratification of male viewers. The videos sell for up to $300 each, and more than 2,000 titles are in circulation, according to the US Humane Society.
Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., sponsored the legislation to combat the difficulty that Ventura County prosecutors had in bringing cases against video producers. Participants were often difficult to identify and charge with local crimes, authorities said. By prohibiting commercial gain from the videos, the federal law will allow prosecutors to charge vendors for possessing or selling the videos rather than having to track down the producers, Gallegly said. The strategy is similar to laws against child pornography, he says.
?It?s a new but quickly growing industry,? Gallegly said. ?Hopefully, this will end it.?
The intentional killing or maiming of an animal in a video must violate a state or federal cruelty law to qualify. The legislation was drafted so that educational or artistic productions, such as bullfights, would not be covered.
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Yippie more grey laws. Ok lets point out the loop holes. Sale of videos, 10-1 videos has a legal deffinition of DVD or VHS tapes, no internet thingies were thought of. See the word titles?
Only can charge vendors and not producers, and for selling, doesnt seem to cover renting either.
Then the knife blow, it was drafted so tht educational or
artistic productions would not be affected, here we go with art.
So in theory I could go to the pet store, buy 10 bunnies, dress then in chinese clothes, place them in a minuature tokyo setting, then stompt the bunny juice out of them. Then not only will I not be in trouble for making it (producer), I could sell it in the US and the vendors would not get in trouble Renting it, nor selling it since I did it in a way I see as Art.