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Yeah, it turns out you don't have carte blanche to enact any form of vigilante justice you desire.

Hopefully they don't live in the UK, so that yes they would have carte blanche here. If there's one thing the UK knows how to do, it's to make me feel better about living in Canada.

Yes, you must take your beatings with a stiff upper lip until moral improves.

Could've made it a picture of a middle finger or whatever. Same message, but not at the risk of breaking obscenity law.

That's not to say that Goatse wasn't the correct option in this case.

I'd say that regardless of what you do (aside from just blocking framing) you are likely to fall afoul of some UK law.

Fun fact: UK law exists only to make sure that every person in the UK is guilty of something by the time they reach adulthood. It serves no other purpose.

completely useless nonsensical comment

The US have copied that shamelessly.

Do you have a loicence for that fun fact?

Doing something that is illegal is still illegal.

The difference is that they have money and lawyers, and you don't.

Yup, copyright law is a civil matter (you as copyright holder have to pursue it), obscenity / pornography is something else (the government will go after you).