Decision by Ofcom - HardGlam
| Published date | 12 December 2014 |
| Issuer | Office of Communications |
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Sanction: Decision by Ofcom
To be imposed on HardGlam
For the provision of the On-Demand Programme Service “HardGlam” (as at
hhardglam.com, {www.} bigobjectsluts.com, {www.} hardcoremachines.com,
{www.} onlycfnm.com, {www.} slutsincostumes.com, {www.} ukfacesittingsluts.com,
{www.} ukfootsluts.com, {www.} ukhardcorefucking.com, {www.} ukhardcorelesbians.com,
{www.} uknylonsluts.com, {www.} ukpantiesluts.com, { www.} smok eymouths.com,
{www.} ukstockingsluts.com, {www.} watersportssluts.com) fr om 25 February 2014 until 18
November 2014.
Consideration of a sanction
against:
Mr James Farey (the “Service Provider”) in respect
of the On Demand Programme Service(s) (“ODPS”)
“
HardGlam” (as at {www.} hardglam.com,
{www.}
bigobjectsluts.com,
{www.}
hardcoremachines.com,
{www.}
onlycfnm.com, {www.} slutsincostumes.com
,
{www.}
ukfacesittingsluts.com,
{www.}
ukfootsluts.com,
{www.}
ukhardcorefucking.com,
{www.}
ukhardcorelesbians.com,
{www.}
uknylonsluts.com,
{www.}
ukpantiesluts.com,
{www.}
smokeymouths.com,
{www.}
ukstockingsluts.com,
{} l ) ( h “S i ”)
For:
Breaches of the Authority for Television On Demand (“ATVOD”)
Statutory Rules for Providers of ODPS (the “ATVOD Rules”)
Rule 1:
“A person must not provide an on-
demand programme
service unless, before beginning to provide it, that
person has given notification to the appropriate
regulatory authority of the person’s intention to provide
that service. A notification must be sent to the
appropriate regulatory authority in such manner as the
authority may require and must contain all such
information as the authority may require”.
Rule 4:
“The provider of an On-Demand Programme Service
must pay to the appropriate regulatory authority such
fee as that authority may require under section 368NA
of the Act”.
Rule 11:
“If an on-demand programme service contains
material which might seriously impair the physical,
mental or moral development of persons under the
age of eighteen, the material must be made available
in a manner which secures that such persons will not
normally see or hear it”.
Thereby being i
n contravention of sections 368BA(1), 368D(3)(za)
and 368E(2)
of the Communications Act 2003 (the “Act”).
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Dates of contravention:
From 25 February 2014 and on-going
Decision:
To impose a financial penalty (payable to HM
Paymaster General) of not less than £1,500
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