Comments on: Website censorship and common sense http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20031022/347/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20031022/347/#comment-23646 TDavid Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:44:27 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20031022/347/#comment-23646 Hello sharonee - I'm not an attorney so this is my basic understanding of how things work: "what is" illegal content is determined by local and state laws. Their are obscenity statutes and other laws that govern content and reach far beyond the scope of this article. Kidnapping and murder are a violation of local and state laws everywhere in the United States, at least. I'm sure the FBI would be interested in such a case, especially if this happened on US soil. What you described is a snuff film and the parties involved with the crime, including the filmmakers would be likely be charged as accessories to kidnapping and murder. But what if the webmaster is simply taking footage obtained from a public domain archive and replaying and knows nothing about who actually committed these unspeakable acts? Sounds like they are still profiting from illegal activity which may also be a crime (but I don't know). Bottom line: go to the host of the website and notify them that this type content exists on their servers. They are able to direct you to the proper authorities OR at the very least remove the content. If they are uncooperative or unresponsive then contact any major hosting company and ask what you can do to report this type content so that somebody can take it down and investigate who is responsible for the criminal activity. Hello sharonee - I’m not an attorney so this is my basic understanding of how things work: “what is” illegal content is determined by local and state laws. Their are obscenity statutes and other laws that govern content and reach far beyond the scope of this article. Kidnapping and murder are a violation of local and state laws everywhere in the United States, at least. I’m sure the FBI would be interested in such a case, especially if this happened on US soil.

What you described is a snuff film and the parties involved with the crime, including the filmmakers would be likely be charged as accessories to kidnapping and murder.

But what if the webmaster is simply taking footage obtained from a public domain archive and replaying and knows nothing about who actually committed these unspeakable acts? Sounds like they are still profiting from illegal activity which may also be a crime (but I don’t know).

Bottom line: go to the host of the website and notify them that this type content exists on their servers. They are able to direct you to the proper authorities OR at the very least remove the content. If they are uncooperative or unresponsive then contact any major hosting company and ask what you can do to report this type content so that somebody can take it down and investigate who is responsible for the criminal activity.

]]> By: sharonee http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20031022/347/#comment-23545 sharonee Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:16:16 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20031022/347/#comment-23545 on the same topic; what is illegal content? does showing someone who has been kidnapped and then murdered constitute as illegal? who monitors the content? the webmaster obviously does not care, and they might want the site up and running for monetary reasons. who can i turn to if i see a site that i believe is illegal in content? sharonee on the same topic; what is illegal content? does showing someone who has been kidnapped and then murdered constitute as illegal? who monitors the content? the webmaster obviously does not care, and they might want the site up and running for monetary reasons. who can i turn to if i see a site that i believe is illegal in content?
sharonee

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