Looked around and couldn't find much on the subject, but it is the crux of the new laws coming into effect in April regarding smut sites and the likes.
The rationale is all there I guess, and this has been brewing in Parliament for a good while now, but while I'm not a massive watcher of adult material, I don't think that this will stop here.
I saw a post on Facebook the other day saying that people will need to buy an £8 top-up card that lasts for 24 hours; that can't be right can it?
It is worth noting that this doesn't just affect adult sites, but there are a whole host of amendments to the act that on the surface, appear to help the consumer. But equally, there are a few strange ones.
Ofcom now oversee the BBC as an external regulator and one of the amendments states that broadcasters can now charge (like Netflix) for re-runs. The Beeb have licence fees and the such, but the likes of C5, ITV probably could?
The piracy thing, I think, is one which will really hit home - already ISP's are able to identify any kind of movie or film downloads and you get a strike system now, will fines come next?
Anyhow, not sure what to make of this... But you knew something like this was coming and without doing the research, sounds like a reactionary measure with the whole net neutrality thing a few years ago (but this may have come in before, I'm not sure)
I can't quite tell if it is wanton Big Brotherism, or a rather daft way of trying to capitalise on
people who can't find partners or a date to the pictures.