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Unenforceable Censorship?! Surely not....
SO it turns out we can all order as much porn as we like now in the UK...Well for the next month or so.
From Wiki...
"In August 2009, it was discovered that the Act was unenforceable as the European Commission were not notified as required by the then Directive 83/189 (see now Directive 98/34). Directive 83/189 had to be implemented by 31 March 1984 (12 months after its notification to the Member States). Until this situation is rectified, it will be legal to sell and supply unclassified videos and computer games, although many retailers have agreed to observe the regulations on a voluntary basis. Currently pending prosecutions under the Act have been abandoned, but the government has claimed that past convictions cannot be challenged."
For those of you who don't know what we are on about
"The Video Recordings Act 1984 is a UK Act of Parliament that was passed in 1984. It states that commercial video recordings offered for sale or for hire within the UK must carry a classification that has been agreed upon by an authority designated by the Home Office. The British Board of Film Classification, which had been instrumental in the certification of motion pictures since 1912, was designated as the classifying authority in 1985. Works are classified by the BBFC under an age-rated system, (see motion picture rating systems) and as such, it is an offence under the Act to supply video works to individuals who are (or appear to be) under the age of the classification designated. Works that were refused classification could not, under the Act, be legally sold or supplied to anyone of any age."
Also taken from wiki.