FHM, Maxim & Playboy Get Slapped with Obscenity Lawsuit

Posted by Saucy Sexy on July 11th, 2008 filed in Sexy News Alert |

Definition of Obscenity
I have just bought a copy of the FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2008 issue yesterday, 10 July 2008, when I learned from Channel 9′s newscast that a class lawsuit has been filed against the editors and publishers of FHM, Maxim and Playboy Philippines.

According to the criminal lawsuit filed by a Manila Congressman and a contingent of pastors and preachers, obscenity is defined as materials with “no educational, artistic, cultural or scientific value, but clearly and purely intended or calculated to draw lust, stimulate sexual drive, excite impure imagination or arouse prurient interest.”

Acts of Obscenity
Pinoyspy.com reports that FHM, Maxim and Playboy have been deemed obscene because of “pictures or poses that show, depict, exhibit, or describe nude or semi-nude bodies, sexual acts, sexual intercourse, private parts of the human body of both male and female.”

Violations of the Revised Penal Code
According to Yahoo! News Philippines, the lawsuit is based on Articles 200 and 201 of the Revised Penal Code, which states that “printing, publishing, distributing, circulation and selling of pornographic, obscene, erotic, indecent, or lewd pictures or poses” is punishable by law.