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Obscene Publications Acts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales. The classic definition of criminal obscenity is if it "tends t...
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Obscene Publications Act 1959 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Obscene Publications Act (British law), in British law, either of two codifications of prohibitions against obscene literature adopted in 1857 and in much revised form in 1959. The earlier act, also called Lord Campbell’s Act (one of several laws named after chief justice and ...
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Obscene Publications Act 1857 ... The Obscene Publications Act 1857 , also known as Lord Campbell's Act or Campbell's Act, was a major piece of obscenity legislation in the United Kingdom and Ireland... ... Ask a question about 'Obscene Publications Act'
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A member of a high school baseball team scheduled to compete in this summer’s national high school baseball tournament at ... Quick question on language. Is what he did really an 'obscene' act as the headline says? ... I wish they would make it clear what kind of attack it was, instead of the super-vague, Japanesey 'obscene act.'
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The 1959 Obscene Publications Act was introduced in order to resolve issues whereby previous obscenity legislation could also be applied to entirely legitimate works ranging from distinguished novels (James Joyce's Ulysses, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Radcliffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness) to medical textbooks.
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The new bill requires everyone (that includes you and Starbucks) offering an open WiFi connection to the public to be on the lookout for report known "illegal images" and "obscene" cartoons and drawings. ... Given that the Act was rushed through under a procedure reserved for noncontroversial legislation, never voted on...
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