Conference turris::scandia

420.0. "Censorship" by NEILS::SAVAGE () Fri Sep 28 1990 14:05

    From: [email protected] (Lennart Boerjeson @ KTH/LNE,
	The Royal Inst. of Tech.)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Date: 27 Sep 90 08:20:27 GMT
    Organization: KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, School of Electrical
	Engineering
 
    In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Jon Taylor) writes:

    > [...deleted...]
    >  I must say, I've never heard of a country where there is ABSOLUTELY no
    >censorship.  Is that true in Sweden?  Or Finland?  Can anyone publish
    >anything, anyhow, and sell it anywhere?  I would tend to doubt it, but
    >please correct me if I'm wrong.
 
    In Sweden:
 
    Cinema:

    All pictures are reviewed by the censorship board and rated. Pictures
    are often released with a lower rating after editing. Pictures can be
    banned. NOTE: Ratings and bannings only apply to PUBLIC cinemas, not	
    to so-called 'closed' viewings, such as featured by the popular	
    cinematic society (you have to be a member to get in - that's the
    definition of 'closed viewing').  Explicitly forbidden are pornography
    involving children or extreme violence.
 
    Video:

    No censorship so far, but it has been debated... There is now a
    voluntary agreement between the state and the distributors not to	
    distribute videos that would be forbidden on public cinemas.
 
    Books and papers:

    Publish anything you want, but if you publish classifed military or
    state material, you'll probably face trial.
 
    !++
    ! Lennart Boerjeson, System Manager
    ! School of Electrical Engineering
    ! Royal Institute of Technology
    ! S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    ! tel: int+46-8-7907814
    ! Internet: [email protected]
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