Watching the censors watch what we watch http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:34:10 GMT Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA whinge at Scruffs workwear ad featuring the ultimate lads' bash http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Scruffs_and_Censors_5996 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Scruffs_and_Censors_5996 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Oops, Comedy Central shows the 15 rated version of the Dukes of Hazzard at 6pm http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ow.htm#Censorship_Hazzard_6499 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ow.htm#Censorship_Hazzard_6499 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Film studio to appeal for reduction in rating for the documentary, Bully http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inus.htm#Bullied_by_the_MPAA_6497 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inus.htm#Bullied_by_the_MPAA_6497 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Banned sex education book, Where Did I Come From, by Peter Mayle (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Malaysia_Corrupted_by_Sex_Education_Book_5439 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Malaysia_Corrupted_by_Sex_Education_Book_5439 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT ITV hastily cut short Adele's speech at the Brit Awards resulting in a raised finger http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/tp.htm#Adele_Blurred_7428 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/tp.htm#Adele_Blurred_7428 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Paddy Power bets on controversy http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Stallions_Mares_or_Geldings_2968 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Stallions_Mares_or_Geldings_2968 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Channel 4 adverts wind up about 100 complainers (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Bigger_Fatter_Gypsier_3873 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Bigger_Fatter_Gypsier_3873 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Interpol threatens the free world and the very notion of justice (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/in.htm#Interpol_Enforces_Saudi_Totalitarianism_5859 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/in.htm#Interpol_Enforces_Saudi_Totalitarianism_5859 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Clothing store Mossimo's Peep Show promotion http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Collective_Shout_Recommend_4177 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Collective_Shout_Recommend_4177 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT LoveHoney.co.uk win award for Best Internet Retail Site http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssrplh.htm#Xcite_Awards__4988 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssrplh.htm#Xcite_Awards__4988 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Ofcom clear Jeremy Clarkson's joke about shooting striking civil servants http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ow.htm#Ofcom_Firing_Squad_Stands_Down_6814 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ow.htm#Ofcom_Firing_Squad_Stands_Down_6814 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Dario Argento's giallo released on ArrowDrome R2 DVD http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/shopping_new_releases.htm#Cat_ONine_Tails_4606 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/shopping_new_releases.htm#Cat_ONine_Tails_4606 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Scrap Public Entertainment Licence Fees (Petition) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gcnews.htm#Public_Exhibitions_and_Events_Censored_by_Licence_Fees_3724 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gcnews.htm#Public_Exhibitions_and_Events_Censored_by_Licence_Fees_3724 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Orange UK are blocking French digital rights campaign group (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#Blocking_Watching_5423 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#Blocking_Watching_5423 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Details provided about Malta's new film censors (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#New_for_Old_4303 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#New_for_Old_4303 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT When a disgusted frown is interpreted as causing distress and alarm http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssfun.htm#Naked_Injustice_6140 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssfun.htm#Naked_Injustice_6140 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Prime minister calls for ban of internet porn (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inme.htm#Freedom_of_Speech_Breached_in_Egypt_4108 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inme.htm#Freedom_of_Speech_Breached_in_Egypt_4108 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Indian music channel suspended for a week as punishment for airing sexy videos http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/insa.htm#SS_Censors_7103 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/insa.htm#SS_Censors_7103 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Research finds a lifestyle of watching movies correlates with a lifestyle of drinking alcohol http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/airmedia.htm#Alcohol_in_the_Movies_8575 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/airmedia.htm#Alcohol_in_the_Movies_8575 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Results and winners http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssnews.htm#Xcite_Awards__1867 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssnews.htm#Xcite_Awards__1867 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Inspirational censorship featuring the 'Melon Farmers' TV Version now released on region B Blu-ray (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Repo_Man_8871 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Repo_Man_8871 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Australia's film censor asked to OK gay sex films for showing at the Mardi Gras Film Festival (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inau.htm#Maybe_a_Censorial_Cold_Shower_8184 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inau.htm#Maybe_a_Censorial_Cold_Shower_8184 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Advert censor clears whinges about advert for Tamara Ecclestone TV documentary http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Uncovered_Cover_Girl_Modestly_Covered_7319 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Uncovered_Cover_Girl_Modestly_Covered_7319 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand feminist group starts up with a campaign against supposedly sexist beer adverts http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Retro_Sexist_8462 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Retro_Sexist_8462 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT We don't believe in censorship...BUT... http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/insa.htm#Indias_Shameful_Film_Censor_3021 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/insa.htm#Indias_Shameful_Film_Censor_3021 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Philippines passes bill with extreme penalties for cybersex http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Dangerous_Philippines_5630 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Dangerous_Philippines_5630 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Sri Lanka to introduce a bill to pre-censor song lyrics and TV dramas http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/insa.htm#Music_Censors_6047 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/insa.htm#Music_Censors_6047 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Government revives mega-snooping plan on British internet and phone communications (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/awwb.htm#Stasi_Dave_7788 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/awwb.htm#Stasi_Dave_7788 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Suffocating any avenue of life that is fun and pleasurable, in this case drinking (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/awbb.htm#Miserable_Cameron_7156 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/awbb.htm#Miserable_Cameron_7156 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Sky EPG censors Crown of Thornes http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/tp.htm#Crpples_Bds_and_Censored_Words_2961 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/tp.htm#Crpples_Bds_and_Censored_Words_2961 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Morocco bans Spanish newspaper over a caricature of King Mohammed (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#Dangerous_Caricatures_5991 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#Dangerous_Caricatures_5991 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Advert censor clears mildly sexy adverts displayed at tube stations http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Oh_Dear_Marks_Ad_Not_Even_Sexy_Enough_to_be_Banned_by_the_ASA_6288 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Oh_Dear_Marks_Ad_Not_Even_Sexy_Enough_to_be_Banned_by_the_ASA_6288 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Media industry bid to take control of the internet thwarted by Canada's Supreme Court (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inam.htm#Hands_Off_the_Internet_7664 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inam.htm#Hands_Off_the_Internet_7664 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#The_Parents_Television_Council_Recommend_2640 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#The_Parents_Television_Council_Recommend_2640 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Facebook first line censors based where labour is cheap (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_websites.htm#Facebook_Censorship_Rules_Revealed_4995 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_websites.htm#Facebook_Censorship_Rules_Revealed_4995 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Review of the brand new electric powered sex machine released in December 2011 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/shopping_sex_machines.htm#FMachine_6578 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/shopping_sex_machines.htm#FMachine_6578 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand unbans the book Bloody Mama and hopefully apologises for all the police hassle caused to an innocent book seller (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Old_Time_Censors_11126 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Old_Time_Censors_11126 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Weaving an intricate web of PC bollox trying to justify that adult entertainment is fine for gay guys but abhorrent for straight guys (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssgayn.htm#LGBT_Labour_12067 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssgayn.htm#LGBT_Labour_12067 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New US DVD release for Robert Mulligan's crime drama http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#The_Nickel_Ride_4615 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#The_Nickel_Ride_4615 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA censure double glazing advert ludicrously claiming 'serious' offence (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Politically_Correct_Censor_Objects_6650 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Politically_Correct_Censor_Objects_6650 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA censures bollox claims about incredible powers of a religious locket http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Magic_Locket_6653 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Magic_Locket_6653 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT China jails adult webmaster for 10 years (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Heavy_Handed_Repression_3429 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Heavy_Handed_Repression_3429 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Cartoon porn implicated in US murder case http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gca.htm#Of_Great_Concern_3771 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gca.htm#Of_Great_Concern_3771 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT A bill is introduced to Auckland Council that will ban street prostitution (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inp4p.htm#On_the_Road_to_Law_6809 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inp4p.htm#On_the_Road_to_Law_6809 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New UK DVD release for Don Sharp's classic Hammer vampire film http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Kiss_of_the_Vampire_5466 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Kiss_of_the_Vampire_5466 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Peta adverts do a grand wind up job with wives enjoying getting knocked about by their super virile vegan partners (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Modern_Day_Popeyes_Get_Super_Virile_on_Spinach_10271 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Modern_Day_Popeyes_Get_Super_Virile_on_Spinach_10271 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT A man has been jailed for allegedly offensive comments on Facebook (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#So_Much_for_Free_Speech_Rights_to_Offend_5912 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#So_Much_for_Free_Speech_Rights_to_Offend_5912 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Obscenity by Bruce LaBruce http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#The_Francisco_Franco_Foundation_Recommends_2458 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#The_Francisco_Franco_Foundation_Recommends_2458 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Christian fundamentalists win in British Caledonia and get erotic fair cancelled http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssin.htm#Nutters_Obsessed_with_Deviation_7431 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssin.htm#Nutters_Obsessed_with_Deviation_7431 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Music distributor pulls out of Kuwait citing censorship (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inme.htm#Kuwait_Goes_GaGa_5258 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inme.htm#Kuwait_Goes_GaGa_5258 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New region free UK Blu-ray release from Arrow http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Red_Scorpion_3999 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Red_Scorpion_3999 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA whinges at another minor sex reference in a trader ad http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#DIY_Widespread_Offence_5011 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#DIY_Widespread_Offence_5011 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Scottish publicans ask government to clarify exactly what songs, chants and banter is banned by the new football and sectarianism law (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gcnews.htm#Here_We_Go_Here_We_Go_Here_We_Go_12034 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gcnews.htm#Here_We_Go_Here_We_Go_Here_We_Go_12034 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Law proposal to criminalise the buying of sex (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inp4p.htm#Miserable_Israel_4123 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inp4p.htm#Miserable_Israel_4123 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Lawyer warns that the 'right to be forgotten' will surely lead to internet censorship (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Searching_for_a_Threat_to_Free_Speech_7629 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Searching_for_a_Threat_to_Free_Speech_7629 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Tunisian court appeal trying to prevent the country slipping back to bad old ways of internet censorship delayed (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#Hanging_on_to_Freedom_10300 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#Hanging_on_to_Freedom_10300 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Moroccan sentenced to 3 years in jail for criticism of the king (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#The_King_is_Inviolable_5462 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#The_King_is_Inviolable_5462 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Writing sex right (Diary) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssnews.htm#Eroticon__1650 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssnews.htm#Eroticon__1650 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT ASA whinges that a Ryanair bikini advert supposedly caused widespread offence (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Budget_Censors_7161 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/me_asa.htm#Budget_Censors_7161 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Australian bill to introduce an adult ratings for games clears the first step (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inau.htm#Level__7003 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inau.htm#Level__7003 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Netherlands and Bulgaria register dissent against the one-sided ACTA treaty (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Human_Rights_Violations_6934 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Human_Rights_Violations_6934 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT UK follows the US lead and seizes domain of site accused of copyright violation (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#Dominion_over_Domains_7112 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#Dominion_over_Domains_7112 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New ArrowDrome DVD release of blaxploitation cult classic http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Penitentiary_and_Penitentiary_II_5380 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/latest.htm#Penitentiary_and_Penitentiary_II_5380 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Chinese TV censors ban foreign programming during prime time (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Vigilant_Censors_5593 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Vigilant_Censors_5593 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Le Nouvel Observateur magazine banned in Morocco (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#Observing_Censorship_4505 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inafrica.htm#Observing_Censorship_4505 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Zealand retailer fined over Cradle of Filth T-Shirts (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Objectionable_Censorship_5035 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Objectionable_Censorship_5035 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT The European Commission voices grave concerns about democracy in Hungary (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Media_Control_Freakery_6785 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Media_Control_Freakery_6785 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Spanish public TV station refuses ads encouraging parents to sign up their kids for religious education at school http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Bishops_Discouraged_10392 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Bishops_Discouraged_10392 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Everything's banned on LA beaches http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssfun.htm#Licence_to_Throw_a_Frisbee_2965 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssfun.htm#Licence_to_Throw_a_Frisbee_2965 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT New Chief Executive at Index on Censorship http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#Reindexed_3875 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#Reindexed_3875 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Now released on US DVD and Blu-ray (Updated) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inus.htm#The_Human_Centipede_II_2910 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inus.htm#The_Human_Centipede_II_2910 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Vietnam bans The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Tattoo_Ban_3994 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/inap.htm#Tattoo_Ban_3994 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Poster for nightclub reported to the advert censors http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Cumming_to_the_Attention_of_the_Censors_4784 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssadv.htm#Cumming_to_the_Attention_of_the_Censors_4784 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT President of the European Parliament speaks out against ACTA (Update) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Presidential_Concerns_5583 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/eu.htm#Presidential_Concerns_5583 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Police confiscate magazine as some sort of embodiment of ongoing racial tensions involving football players and their fans (Comment) http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#The_Red_Herring_Issue_11259 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/news.htm#The_Red_Herring_Issue_11259 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT Miserable neighbours and councillors whinge at fun filled swingers club http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssfun.htm#New_Forest_Prudery_6642 http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/ssfun.htm#New_Forest_Prudery_6642