On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Andrew Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/12/9 Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 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. _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
