Dreams Of Spanking: Going Offline Soon, Because Censorship
(Updated with new August 7 link.)
I don’t know how many of you have been following Pandora Blake’s unhappy saga as her egalitarian fairtrade ethical spanking porn studio and life’s work, Dreams Of Spanking, has come under the dire scrutiny of the British censoring body known as ATVOD. Today she was forced to stop selling new memberships, and it looks like her site is going offline (pending appeals) as of August 27:
It's happened – ATVOD sent their Final Determination. We will be appealing to Ofcom. Memberships to the site are no longer available to buy.
— Dreams of Spanking (@DreamofSpanking) August 4, 2015
We have 20 working days to comply with their demands. Existing members can access the site until 27 Aug, after that it will go offline.
— Dreams of Spanking (@DreamofSpanking) August 4, 2015
ATVOD demands we register and pay up, put all adult content behind credit card paywall, and take 'prohibited' content offline altogether.
— Dreams of Spanking (@DreamofSpanking) August 4, 2015
Over half our scenes contain 'prohibited' content – removing them would gut the site. Paywall means no more free trailers or photo previews.
— Dreams of Spanking (@DreamofSpanking) August 4, 2015
It's impossible for us to comply with ATVOD's demands without undermining our core principles of authenticity, transparency & accessibility.
— Dreams of Spanking (@DreamofSpanking) August 4, 2015
If this makes you as angry as it makes us, please donate to @backlashuk, who are providing us & other affected producers with legal support.
— Dreams of Spanking (@DreamofSpanking) August 4, 2015
If you want to know more, Pandora has been documenting the whole sorry story in a series of blog posts over this past spring and summer. They are:
- The first letter (16 April 2015)
- Under investigation by ATVOD (7 May 2015)
- ATVOD — The Preliminary View (12 June 2015)
- Dear ATVOD (27 July 2015)
- When The Axe Falls (7 August 2015)
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