A new British law gone into effect whereby people caught with 'sexually violent' images faces imprisonment of up to three years. From the BBC:
A law banning violent online porn has come into force following a campaign by a mother whose daughter was murdered.
The legislative change comes after Graham Coutts, 39, of Hove, Sussex, was jailed in 2003 for strangling Jane Longhurst for his sexual gratification.
Her mother Liz, from Berkshire, was backed by Reading MP Martin Salter.
The ban became part of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill last May and anyone caught with sexually violent images faces up to three years in jail.
Mrs Longhurst said her daughter, who was 31 when she was killed, would be "glad" about the law.
Under the new rules, criminal responsibility shifts from the producer - who is responsible under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act (OPA) - to the consumer.
Mrs Longhurst, from Reading, told BBC News: "Hardly a moment goes by when I don't think of Jane.
"I think she would be glad such a law is now in force.
"And, I think she would be quite pleased at how I have been able to move on."
I wonder what definitions they are using to define "sexually violent" imagery. As the American experience with obscenity has demonstrated, defining subsets of pornography is not an easy exercise.
H/T: How Appealing.
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