I think I warned people about this almost three years ago (http://eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread. ... ht=illegal)

All I will say now is: do not worry. In that time I've done much thinking. And I will urge UK friends in my community to continue comming here to get support for gender issues and information as you always have.

Yes, EA is technically about to become an illegal site in the UK, as the storyboard section is technically pornographic (words can fall under the legal definition of porn too from what I understand)

But laws come and go.

If they block the site from UK users, there are ways around it. You can use a PROXY, or simply revert to using the USENET group to contact members of EA.

But yeah, it does suck. Badly.

thefraj (imported) wrote: Fri May 02, 2008 2:34 am I think I warned people about this almost three years ago (http://eunuch.org/vbulletin/showthread. ... ht=illegal)

All I will say now is: do not worry. In that time I've done much thinking. And I will urge UK friends in my community to continue comming here to get support for gender issues and information as you always have.

Yes, EA is technically about to become an illegal site in the UK, as the storyboard section is technically pornographic (words can fall under the legal definition of porn too from what I understand)

But laws come and go.

If they block the site from UK users, there are ways around it. You can use a PROXY, or simply revert to using the USENET group to contact members of EA.

But yeah, it does suck. Badly.

Perhaps, you'd go on about how to use a proxy?

Of course, Kristoff. Sorry. I think I may have mentioned it before, but just in case, here is a very brief overview:

Basically a proxy is a third-party computer you can request web pages from which then returns them to your computer.

So any government trying to block access to a specific site can be fooled as they will only see your connecting to an innocent-looking PC in a foreign country (where laws may be different) which will do your dirty work.

Step 1: Locating a proxy

There are many software solutions out there, but it's cheapest and probably quickest to locate one manually. Try googling "public proxy" (http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=f ... gle+Search) and you'll get a few websites who host LISTS of addresses of machines you can use.

Pick one, say for example, 200.51.41.29 and socket 8080. (based in Argentina. The first one that appeared on the page I looked at).

Step 2: Configure your browser to route your packets via that machine

In Firefox 2 it's TOOLS->Options->Network (tab) then select "Manual proxy configuration" and enter the address and socket number (obtained in Step 1) into the "HTTP Proxy" box.

In Internet Explorer it's "Tools->Internet Options->connections (tab)" Then click the "LAN Settings" button and tick the "use a proxy server" and enter the same details you obtained in STEP 1.

I think the procedure will vary slightly from one browser or software to the next, but the principle should be the same.

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An alternative is one which is an HTTP driven HTML forwarding service such as the the-cloak.com (http://www.the-cloak.com)which does essentially the same job. But neater and they ask for money.

Well I hope this helps. Even when it works it's slow, because you're asking the machines to pass your data around the world a couple more times than they should have been.

Some proxies are already dead and you may have to try a few before it works at all.

And some proxies only live for a few minutes before being shut off.

It is big, clanky. But will work if you live in a war-torn, fucked up country where being different can get you arrested.

It can be frustrating. But with perseverance it will work.

Feel free to contact me with any specific problems getting it working.

Especially UK inhabitants.

Paolo wrote: Thu May 01, 2008 5:03 pm Yeah, and lot of the art in my family Bible is violent and pornographic, too.

Is THAT now illegal?

And for all the lawmakers reading EA - come out of the closet, you cowardly bastards...then go and mind your own damn business. No one gives a FUCK what YOU think anyway.

Better yet, DO email me and come to the MOM this year.

We'll 'discuss' your legal opinions and such matters - provided the Sister still has somewhere to hide the bodies when we're done.

You'd make a great President some day , you know.

If that legislation goes through in UK, my worry would be that the rest of the Western world will follow suit. In which case the 'Free' world won't be free anymore.

Cheers

I sort legal advice some years ago The word "image" includes photographs, Even "doctored" ones as well as drawings and other art work (however up to that time no procecutions had been brought on thatr score) There is a real problm here for any case as there are many famous paintings of say St Sebastian which are is extreme as any Tom of finland etc.

However it was clear that the written word was not included in this

BUT there is one proviso if you have a story and associated with it is a photograph even quite innocent then the contents of the story can make that image pornographic!

even if there was a drawer with decent photographs and indecent writings jumbled together they COULD be associated!

I was also waerned that a photographs that had been "lost" was a common source of proceution.

I play safe - virtually every thing is stored in text format!

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Thu May 01, 2008 6:55 pm Of course we all know were the blame is, religion as a whole or in part by the many factions fighting to have there view of the world be the only view.

If you think religion is to blame for sexual puritanism, you need to read up on 19th century "medicine," which is responsible for most psychological attitudes towards sex today.