Arizona Could Make Content Producers Liable for Rape

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by pornlaw

State lawmakers are moving to let crime victims sue the publishers of books, movies and songs if they believe the items persuaded their attackers to break the law.

But the sponsor said producers of "mainstream" materials have nothing to fear.

HB 2660, sponsored by Rep. Warde Nichols, R-Gilbert, would set up a three-part test to determine when the producers of certain items can be held civilly liable.

First, a jury must conclude that the materials would "promote or persuade" another person to commit terrorism or any felony. There also would have to be evidence the producer benefited from selling the material.

Finally, a plaintiff would have to prove the item "was a cause" in someone else committing the crime.

Keith Perkins, director of the Never Again Foundation, provided members of the House Judiciary Committee with a graphic description of videos that not only show individual and gang rape and violence against women but what he believes amount to a "how-to" instruction manual.

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Hmmm... Thoughts ?

Michael

http://www.AdultBizLaw.com

Sounds pretty discrimnatory to me!
But Im no lawyer.

How will they deliniate between mainstream and nonmainstream?

[Toby]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Sounds pretty discrimnatory to me!
But Im no lawyer.

Agreed. I've seen some mainstream rape scenes that were pretty brutal without being sexually explicit.

[RawAlex]

First off, trying to determine a causal relationship between someone's actions and a video or song they may have listened to is pretty much bunk science. Normal people don't wake up in the morning, watch a porn movie, and then go out and rape a girl. The guy was likely predisposed to rape, possibly because of abuse in his childhood or other issues.

He also drove a car, watched the news, read a book, smoke a cig, and ate at McDonalds. In some way, each one of those is also responsible.

This is one of those "we gotta do sump'tin" laws that makes the elected officials look like total fucking idiots.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by RawAlex

First off, trying to determine a causal relationship between someone's actions and a video or song they may have listened to is pretty much bunk science. Normal people don't wake up in the morning, watch a porn movie, and then go out and rape a girl. The guy was likely predisposed to rape, possibly because of abuse in his childhood or other issues.

He also drove a car, watched the news, read a book, smoke a cig, and ate at McDonalds. In some way, each one of those is also responsible.

This is one of those "we gotta do sump'tin" laws that makes the elected officials look like total fucking idiots.

Pretty much spot on.