On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/12/9 Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>rg>:
I'll hold off on speculating on *why* Amazon
UK took it down (has Amazon
US
done so as well?). But good for them that they
did so.
One high street retailer, zaavi (or whatever they're called), took a
compromise - they covered the image with a "click this to view, you
must be over 18" clickthrough, since it was considered offensive.
Unfortunately, the image they were screening... was the entirely
unremarkable black outer casing.
http://www.zavvi.co.uk/productdetails.jsf?code=779728
It's hard not to get the impression impression some people may be
reacting to the fuss rather than the actual issue :-)
Some? I'd say most. Child pornography is not illegal because it's
offensive.