another modly note...

[kinkfest-mod.livejournal.com]

First, I would like to welcome vaysh11 to the mod team! Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Second, I would like to note that our profile page now contains the following disclaimer:

Watchers and members of hp_kinkfest should be aware of the laws of their own countries when clicking on links leading to art and stories in this fest. Depending on the subject matter, the viewing of specific entries may not be considered legal in some countries.

The tagline for this fest is 'Anything goes', which means we are placing no limitations on the fics and art within this fest. We realise that certain kinks and sexual topics may be disturbing to some of you. We are reviewing each fic/art as it is posted to ensure that the warnings appropriately reflect the content. Please read the warnings before you click.

Once again, a huge thank you to our participants who have been delivering in spades and to everyone that has been reading, commenting, reccing and pimping.

♥

Comments

[treacle-tartlet.livejournal.com]

Readers in Australia should be aware that, in the wake of the Bill Henson fiasco, legislation was rushed through concerning the depiction and description of of children in sexual situations:

However, so far in the debate, no-one has taken into consideration how Australia's anti- 'child abuse publications' legislation might massively increase the scale of sites requiring blacklisting. How so? Because in both federal and state legislation in Australia 'child abuse publications' refer not just to pictures (whether real or digitally altered) of actual children, but to any 'representation of a person', fictional or otherwise, 'in a sexual context' or 'as the victim of torture, cruelty or physical abuse'. The definition of 'person' is very broad and covers depictions in a computer game, animation, comics, art work and even text.
In 2008 an appeal against a conviction on the charge of possession of child pornography (in this case digitally manipulated images of The Simpsons children, Bart and Lisa) was launched on the basis that cartoon characters could not reasonably be described as 'persons'. In his interpretation of the legislation, Justice Adams disagreed, and upheld the judgement of the original magistrate.

The rest of this article, detailing the possible effects of this legislation on fandom, can be found here:

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/5205337.html

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the additional info, darling. ♥