FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991
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CONTROL OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL ON COMPUTERS
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH CONFIRMED. TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT COMPUTER HARD DISKETTES AND FLOPPY BOTH "ARTICLES" AS DEFINED UNDER THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE
OF THE PUBLICATION ARTICLES ORDINANCE AND THAT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT ORDINANCE.
DISKETTES ARE AND INDECENT SUCH DISKETTES İs
THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THIS MEANS THAT ANY PERSON
WITHOUT AN OBSCENE DISKETTE, OR AN INDECENT DISKETTE THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED BY LAW, COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND PROSECUTION.
WHO PUBLISHES COMPLYING WITH IS LIABLE То
"UNDER THE ORDINANCE, AN 'ARTICLE' IS DEFINED AS ANYTHING ANY CONSISTING OF OR CONTAINING MATERIÁL TO BE READ OR LOOKED AT SOUND RECORDING, AND ANY FILM, VIDEO TAPE, DISC OR OTHER RECORD OF A PICTURE OR PICTURES.
"WE HAVE SOUGHT LEGAL ADVICE WHICH HAS CONFIRMED THAT BOTH HARD DISKETTES AND FLOPPY DISKETTES FALL WITHIN THIS DEFINITION."
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS ALREADY BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE ÁRE COMPLIED WITH.
15 SHOPS IN THE THIS YEAR AND THREE OF THE
"THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT SEARCHED
29 GOLDEN SHOPPING ARCADES IN SHAM SHUI PO ON AUGUST SEIZED 98 SUSPECTED PORNOGRAPHIC FLOPPY DISKETTES FROM SHOPS.
"FIVE PERSONS WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEIZURE AND,
RELEASED UNCONDITIONALLY AFTER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE WHO WAS ENQUIRIES, THE REMAINING FOUR PERSONS ARE LIKELY TO BE CHARGED WITH HE POSSESSION OF OBSCENE ARTICLES FOR THE SAID.
HAS
PURPOSE OF
PUBLICATION,"
ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT
DISKETTES PORNOGRAHIC FLOPPY AUTHORITY (TELA)
SUBMITTED FIVE
OBSCENE ARTICLES SEIZED BY THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TO THE TRIBUNAL (OAT) FOR INTERIM CLASSIFICATION.
ARTICLES
"THE TRIBUNAL HAS CLASSIFIED ALL OF THEM AS CLASS III AND THE NOTICE OF INTERIM CLASSIFICATION WAS ANNOUNCED ON SEPTEMBER 5.
ISSUE "ONCE THE INTERIM CLASSIFICATION IS CONFIRMED, TELA WILL
OR PUBLISH ADVISORY LETTERS TO ALL SHOP OPERATORS WHO SELL, RENT OUT
THEM INDECENT
DISKETTES INFORMING
OF THE OR OBSCENE COMPUTER
AND REMINDING THEM OF THE NEED STANDARDS APPLIED BY THE OAT OBSERVE THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.
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"MOREOVER, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO REGULAR TELA STAFF AND ANY CONTRAVENTION OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE REFERRED THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR PROSECUTIONS."
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ANY PERSON WHO
PRESCRIBED
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, PUBLISHES AN INDECENT ARTICLE OTHER THAN IN THE MANNER THE ORDINANCE IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $200,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR MONTHS.
/"ANY PERSON