Watching the censors watch what we watch http://www.melonfarmers.com/ Fri, 18 May 2012 15:05:31 GMT Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Angel's Share suffers ludicrous strong language cuts for a 15 rating http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_movies.htm#The_Language_of_Angels_6259 http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_movies.htm#The_Language_of_Angels_6259 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Controversial in the US for its NC-17 rating but a totally uncontroversial Blu-ray/DVD release in the UK (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Shame_9025 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Shame_9025 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New release on UK Blu-ray http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail_2167 http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail_2167 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Egyptian police arrest owner of satellite belly dancing channel (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/inme.htm#Police_Bellyaching_5882 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inme.htm#Police_Bellyaching_5882 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Low quality censorship by Apple blanks out name of Thin Lizzy album (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssphon.htm#Dont_Even_Mention_Breaking_Free_from_Apple_6101 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssphon.htm#Dont_Even_Mention_Breaking_Free_from_Apple_6101 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Sex education exhibition at museum winds up Canadian prudes http://www.melonfarmers.com/inam.htm#Sex_A_Tell_Nearly_All_Exhibition_5500 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inam.htm#Sex_A_Tell_Nearly_All_Exhibition_5500 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Students and staff have to wear security badges that track their location http://www.melonfarmers.com/awwb.htm#West_Cheshire_College_of_Surveillance_6672 http://www.melonfarmers.com/awwb.htm#West_Cheshire_College_of_Surveillance_6672 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Getting scarier with age? The BBFC reckon so anyway http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_movies.htm#Jaws_4495 http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_movies.htm#Jaws_4495 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Speaking of many of this year's film releases (Extract) http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_movies.htm#An_Interview_with_David_Cooke_3977 http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_movies.htm#An_Interview_with_David_Cooke_3977 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT BBC receives 400 complaints about foie gras featuring in the Great British Menu programme http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_tv.htm#BBC_Viewers_Force_Fed_Cookery_Shows_7814 http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_tv.htm#BBC_Viewers_Force_Fed_Cookery_Shows_7814 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Released on UK DVD and Blu-ray (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Underworld_Awakening_2562 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Underworld_Awakening_2562 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT French Blu-ray release of Abel Ferrara's West Side Romeo and Juliet Story http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#China_Girl_6448 http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#China_Girl_6448 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Recommended by the New Zealand book censor http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssmagn.htm#Front_Magazine_3837 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssmagn.htm#Front_Magazine_3837 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Indian court orders Google to take down two blogs hosted on Blogger (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/insa.htm#Blogged_Off_6051 http://www.melonfarmers.com/insa.htm#Blogged_Off_6051 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Banned in the UK but set for an uncut DVD and Blu-ray release in the US (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#The_Bunny_Game_5917 http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#The_Bunny_Game_5917 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA policing political donations on the grounds that they could be used for something harmful http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssadv.htm#ASA_Political_Censors_8504 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssadv.htm#ASA_Political_Censors_8504 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Open Rights Group and LSE publish report about the poor implementation of internet blocking in the name of child protection (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_internet.htm#What_Can_We_Do_About_Crappy_Website_Blocking_11228 http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_internet.htm#What_Can_We_Do_About_Crappy_Website_Blocking_11228 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Website offers a reward for the murder of an Iranian rapper based in Germany http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#The_Salman_Rushdie_of_Rap_6734 http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#The_Salman_Rushdie_of_Rap_6734 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Extremists threaten chaos in Jakarta should Lady Gaga's performance go ahead. (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#GaGa_in_Indonesia_6925 http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#GaGa_in_Indonesia_6925 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Nurses have a whinge about video games http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#Trying_to_Cure_Society_of_all_its_Ills_3430 http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#Trying_to_Cure_Society_of_all_its_Ills_3430 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New UK DVD release of French drama by Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr. Noted as having brief real sex (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#American_Translation_8682 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#American_Translation_8682 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Axel Braun's porn parody just released on US DVD http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssrevlat.htm#Avengers_XXX_4241 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssrevlat.htm#Avengers_XXX_4241 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Vietnam bans local horror film http://www.melonfarmers.com/inap.htm#Bay_Cap__2791 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inap.htm#Bay_Cap__2791 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT US DVD and Blu-ray viewers warned that FBI and ICE will now be wasting 20 seconds of their life per disk http://www.melonfarmers.com/awcf.htm#Double_Annoyance_8694 http://www.melonfarmers.com/awcf.htm#Double_Annoyance_8694 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Moralist lawmakers set to exploit strip club patrons with a new pole tax http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssus.htm#Miserable_California_6569 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssus.htm#Miserable_California_6569 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New torrent disrupting software funded by Microsoft Russia http://www.melonfarmers.com/awcf.htm#Torrents_of_False_Torrents_5578 http://www.melonfarmers.com/awcf.htm#Torrents_of_False_Torrents_5578 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT German political party website blocked in schools over its cannabis legalisation policy http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_internet.htm#Scuppered_by_Crappy_Website_Blocking_8155 http://www.melonfarmers.com/me_internet.htm#Scuppered_by_Crappy_Website_Blocking_8155 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Cult classic set for a UK DVD release from ArrowDrome (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#The_Exterminator_4739 http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#The_Exterminator_4739 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT A new Dual Format release of Pasolini's classic http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#The_Decameron_4164 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#The_Decameron_4164 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT XBox Live video marketplace to use BBFC ratings http://www.melonfarmers.com/tvi.htm#X_Rating_4294 http://www.melonfarmers.com/tvi.htm#X_Rating_4294 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT US considers a law to ban employers from demanding employee's social networking passwords http://www.melonfarmers.com/aw_privacy.htm#Password_Protection_Bill_8226 http://www.melonfarmers.com/aw_privacy.htm#Password_Protection_Bill_8226 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Britain condemns Iran for sentence of 25 lashes for cartoonist over innocuous whimsy about a politician (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/inme.htm#Unfair_Penalty_9296 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inme.htm#Unfair_Penalty_9296 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Ethiopia's printers take new role as state news censors http://www.melonfarmers.com/inafrica.htm#Printing_Press_Censors_5005 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inafrica.htm#Printing_Press_Censors_5005 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT GCB cancelled on US TV (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#Nutter_Prayers_are_Answered_1910 http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#Nutter_Prayers_are_Answered_1910 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Now TalkTalk proposes to force all customers to choose between a censored or uncensored internet feed (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#TalkTalk_BlockBlock_9293 http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#TalkTalk_BlockBlock_9293 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Richard Elfman's bizarre fantasy released on UK Blu-ray http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Forbidden_Zone_4921 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Forbidden_Zone_4921 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Perfect 10 fails to convince the US court that Google's thumbnail images used in search results infringes copyright (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/inus.htm#Fair_Use_10255 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inus.htm#Fair_Use_10255 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Indian government reported to have decided to ban all adult and parental guidance films from TV until 11pm (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/insa.htm#A_Watershed_for_Indian_TV_9305 http://www.melonfarmers.com/insa.htm#A_Watershed_for_Indian_TV_9305 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Switzerland decides not to sign ACTA (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Law_Like_Swiss_Cheese_3334 http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Law_Like_Swiss_Cheese_3334 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Extremists threaten chaos in Jakarta should Lady Gaga's performance go ahead. (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#GaGa_in_Indonesia_6925 http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#GaGa_in_Indonesia_6925 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Outrageously bad Troma film set for UK DVD release http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Surf_Nazis_Must_Die_4535 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Surf_Nazis_Must_Die_4535 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand ISP stamped upon by control freaks for offering work around to location based internet restrictions http://www.melonfarmers.com/inap.htm#Fyx_Nyxd_10285 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inap.htm#Fyx_Nyxd_10285 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Australia considers internet data retention http://www.melonfarmers.com/awwb.htm#Bug_Brother_Bruce_4203 http://www.melonfarmers.com/awwb.htm#Bug_Brother_Bruce_4203 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Ukraine sets its police to repress the sex trade ahead of Euro 2012 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inp4p.htm#No_Fun_in_Kiev_5509 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inp4p.htm#No_Fun_in_Kiev_5509 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Surveillance cameras at the Rugby World Cup could read mobile phone displays (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/awwb.htm#Twitter_Watching_6982 http://www.melonfarmers.com/awwb.htm#Twitter_Watching_6982 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Ann Summers and Relate get together to survey people's sex lives http://www.melonfarmers.com/saindex.htm#The_Sex_Census__5783 http://www.melonfarmers.com/saindex.htm#The_Sex_Census__5783 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT His and hers long distance vibrators connected up via Wii remotes and Skype http://www.melonfarmers.com/ss_sex_toys.htm#Mowjowijo_6783 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ss_sex_toys.htm#Mowjowijo_6783 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand belatedly bans Human Centipede 2 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inap.htm#Crawling_Along_3917 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inap.htm#Crawling_Along_3917 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Gritty Troma film finally set for a UK DVD release http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Combat_Shock_4432 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#Combat_Shock_4432 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Pixar film gets an MPAA PG rating for kilt raising humour http://www.melonfarmers.com/inus.htm#Brave_in_a_Kilt_5073 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inus.htm#Brave_in_a_Kilt_5073 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Advert Censors ask LOCOG about the restrictions on advertising which references the London Olympics (Extract) http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssadv.htm#Dont_Even_Think_About_It_9609 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssadv.htm#Dont_Even_Think_About_It_9609 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Irish journalists speak out against the country's draconian gagging orders on police officers (Extract) http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Not_What_You_Would_Expect_From_A_European_Democracy_8628 http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Not_What_You_Would_Expect_From_A_European_Democracy_8628 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Wolfenstein 3D has now been released in a free to play browser version. http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Except_in_Germany_6142 http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Except_in_Germany_6142 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Indian politicians get wound up by cartoon drawn in 1949 (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/insa.htm#Easy_Offence_at_a_Snails_Pace_4648 http://www.melonfarmers.com/insa.htm#Easy_Offence_at_a_Snails_Pace_4648 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Pussy Riot protestors persecuted by Russian authorities via continued imprisonment awaiting trial (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/inee.htm#Prisoners_of_Conscience_9418 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inee.htm#Prisoners_of_Conscience_9418 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT German news magazine censors cover in fear of censorial Apple banning its app (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssphon.htm#Running_Scared_of_Prudes_6953 http://www.melonfarmers.com/ssphon.htm#Running_Scared_of_Prudes_6953 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Colombian lawmaker introduces bill giving health and labour rights for sex workers http://www.melonfarmers.com/inp4p.htm#Immoral_but_not_Illegal_7634 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inp4p.htm#Immoral_but_not_Illegal_7634 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Judges patch Dutch law in an attempt to ban work rounds to the blocking of The Pirate Bay (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Creating_a_Legal_Bag_of_Worms_7753 http://www.melonfarmers.com/eu.htm#Creating_a_Legal_Bag_of_Worms_7753 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Ridley Scott's Prometheus is rated R by the MPAA (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#Rated_H_for_Hype_4238 http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#Rated_H_for_Hype_4238 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Video nasty gets its first UK Blu-release via Arrow dual format http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#The_House_by_the_Cemetery_5647 http://www.melonfarmers.com/latest.htm#The_House_by_the_Cemetery_5647 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT HM tanned model causes inevitable 'outrage' http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#Too_Slim_Too_Young_Too_Tanned_Too_Beautiful_Too_Gullible_3838 http://www.melonfarmers.com/nwin.htm#Too_Slim_Too_Young_Too_Tanned_Too_Beautiful_Too_Gullible_3838 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Kuwaiti TV channel suffers enormous fine for supposed insult of the monarchy http://www.melonfarmers.com/inme.htm#Fined_the_Crown_Jewels_7081 http://www.melonfarmers.com/inme.htm#Fined_the_Crown_Jewels_7081 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Government proposes that music, sport and religious videos should be expensively vetted by the BBFC if it is felt that they would be rated 12 or higher http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#Music_to_be_Muffled_with_Red_Tape_13209 http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#Music_to_be_Muffled_with_Red_Tape_13209 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Queen's Speech heralds a snooping law that the KGB would be proud of (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#UK_Government__6230 http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#UK_Government__6230 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT The Queen's Speech heralds a law to protect freedom of speech and reform the law of defamation (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#Hoping_for_Free_Speech_in_the_UK_8213 http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#Hoping_for_Free_Speech_in_the_UK_8213 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Another US DVD in Shout! Factory's series of Roger Corman's Cult Classics http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#The_Nurses_Collection_6411 http://www.melonfarmers.com/shopping_new_releases.htm#The_Nurses_Collection_6411 Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT Recommended by media industry copyright activists (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#The_Pirate_Bay_4755 http://www.melonfarmers.com/news.htm#The_Pirate_Bay_4755