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British Video Recordings Act 1984 Invalid

Posted by timothy on from the slight-reprieve dept.

chrb writes "BBC News is reporting that the British Video Recordings Act 1984 is invalid due to a 25 year old legal blunder. The Thatcher government of the day failed to officially "notify" the European Commission about the law, and hence it no longer stands as a legal Act. There will now be a period of around three months before the Act can be passed again, during which time it will be entirely legal to sell any video content without age-rated certifications."

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  1. Re:Of course, Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great post! Slashdot really needs a "+1 refers to '1984' somehow" mod option.

  2. Re:OMG, freedom. by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those "no-longer restricted videos" have as much to do with teaching sex as a monster truck rally has to do with teaching you how to drive.

    Exactly: it will teach you how to do it THE AWESOME WAY.