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Originally posted by JoeA
Here are the hard facts from someone who lives in the UK and shoots his own content:
Prior to May 2004 a girl of 16 could pose for nude photo's if her parents were present at the shoot and gave their written consent. It was illegal to pose for porn under 18.
Since May 2004 it is now illegal for under 18's to even pose topless or appear semi clothed, as in ligerie, provocatively and the parents can no loonger sign their consent..
Where the UK is a real arse is that this law is retroactive. This means that anyone found in posession of topless or nude images of models under 18, even if shot before May 2004, when it was legal to do this face legal action.
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I heard some months ago that it was legal for topless (only) photos of 16-17 year old girls to be published in newspapers. I guess the newspaper only requirement was to limit the spread of the material outside of the UK where the laws obviously differed.
If this retroactive law applies then anyone who has an old paper lying around is now in possession of CP?
I did a google search for "UK topless 16 year" or similar to try to find info on this, but all I got returned were pedo site results.
