Comments on: Sex (gasp) in India: juxtaposition http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 Manish Vij Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:48:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2581 <blockquote>The same definition of child porn applies to the US as well, if you're 17, it's illegal.</blockquote> <p>That's mutual statutory rape, not child porn, and a year away from legal adulthood is a technicality. The layman's definition of child porn is an older man and a young girl.</p> <blockquote>The fact that she didn't know she was being recordeded at all, let alone consent to the distribution of the video, is quite salient.</blockquote> <p>It's certainly a crime, but it's not child porn.</p> <blockquote>the shit would hit the fan if Ebay took 2 days to remove a similar recording...</blockquote> <p>The DMCA copyright act specifies at least 48 hours, if memory serves.</p> The same definition of child porn applies to the US as well, if you’re 17, it’s illegal.

That’s mutual statutory rape, not child porn, and a year away from legal adulthood is a technicality. The layman’s definition of child porn is an older man and a young girl.

The fact that she didn’t know she was being recordeded at all, let alone consent to the distribution of the video, is quite salient.

It’s certainly a crime, but it’s not child porn.

the shit would hit the fan if Ebay took 2 days to remove a similar recording…

The DMCA copyright act specifies at least 48 hours, if memory serves.

]]> By: Theo http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2580 Theo Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:19:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2580 <p>The same definition of child porn applies to the US as well, if you're 17, it's illegal.</p> <p>The fact that she didn't know she was being recordeded at all, let alone consent to the distribution of the video, is quite salient.</p> <p>Honestly, I think the shit would hit the fan if Ebay took 2 days to remove a similar recording from their site. Maybe not quite as bad, but Ebay would end up getting sued ...</p> The same definition of child porn applies to the US as well, if you’re 17, it’s illegal.

The fact that she didn’t know she was being recordeded at all, let alone consent to the distribution of the video, is quite salient.

Honestly, I think the shit would hit the fan if Ebay took 2 days to remove a similar recording from their site. Maybe not quite as bad, but Ebay would end up getting sued …

]]> By: Anjali http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2579 Anjali Sat, 25 Dec 2004 02:32:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2579 <p>Why was the girl expelled from school?</p> Why was the girl expelled from school?

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 Manish Vij Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:55:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2578 <blockquote>it appears that Baazee did not comply with police orders in a reasonable amount of time and that the age of the girl (under 18) makes this a child pornography case</blockquote> <p>Anything inside 48 hours is certainly reasonable, and within 3 days is defensible.</p> <p>Two 17-year-olds having sex does not make it 'child porn,' that's absurd. Every time the Indian papers refer to it that way, it seems prurient and provincial.</p> it appears that Baazee did not comply with police orders in a reasonable amount of time and that the age of the girl (under 18) makes this a child pornography case

Anything inside 48 hours is certainly reasonable, and within 3 days is defensible.

Two 17-year-olds having sex does not make it ‘child porn,’ that’s absurd. Every time the Indian papers refer to it that way, it seems prurient and provincial.

]]> By: EOFIA http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 EOFIA Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:14:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2577 <p><i>you read way too many gossip columns</i></p> <p>apparently, so do you! :)</p> you read way too many gossip columns

apparently, so do you! :)

]]> By: Blank http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2576 Blank Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:27:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2576 <p>I guess graphics are usually unsafe for work while text only tends to be OK.</p> I guess graphics are usually unsafe for work while text only tends to be OK.

]]> By: gc http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 gc Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:11:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2575 <p><i> canoodling </i></p> <p>you read way too many gossip columns</p> canoodling

you read way too many gossip columns

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 Ennis Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:13:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2574 <p>Done, and will do so in the future. Had neither heard nor seen that tag before.</p> <p>Out of curiosity, what did you expect on a link labelled "oral sex" ? And was that really work unsafe? [I suppose it depends on where you work ....]</p> Done, and will do so in the future. Had neither heard nor seen that tag before.

Out of curiosity, what did you expect on a link labelled “oral sex” ? And was that really work unsafe? [I suppose it depends on where you work ....]

]]> By: Anonymous Cow http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Anonymous Cow Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:06:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2573 <p>Andrea, after reading all the press reports, that's what I originally thought. However, after reading two posts on Slashdot (presumably written by Indians living in India), I think I am starting to understand the reasoning of the police:</p> <p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133593&cid=11157192">http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133593&cid=11157192</a></p> <p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133593&cid=11156975">http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133593&cid=11156975</a></p> <p>In summary, it appears that Baazee did not comply with police orders in a reasonable amount of time and that the age of the girl (under 18) makes this a child pornography case, which is Serious.</p> <p>Nevertheless, the Indian police force/government has received a huge black eye in the court of public opinion, as the story is already typecast as yet another instance of them abusing their powers. The Indian government needs to get with the program before other countries say that it's not safe to invest in India.</p> Andrea, after reading all the press reports, that’s what I originally thought. However, after reading two posts on Slashdot (presumably written by Indians living in India), I think I am starting to understand the reasoning of the police:

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133593&cid=11157192

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133593&cid=11156975

In summary, it appears that Baazee did not comply with police orders in a reasonable amount of time and that the age of the girl (under 18) makes this a child pornography case, which is Serious.

Nevertheless, the Indian police force/government has received a huge black eye in the court of public opinion, as the story is already typecast as yet another instance of them abusing their powers. The Indian government needs to get with the program before other countries say that it’s not safe to invest in India.

]]> By: Dude http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/12/22/sex_gasp_in_ind/comment-page-1/#comment-2572 Dude Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:42:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=844#comment-2572 <p>Would appreciate the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) tag on that 'oral sex' link.</p> Would appreciate the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) tag on that ‘oral sex’ link.

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