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"Several Internet service providers have blocked users from accessing a Wikipedia page about a German hard rock band, after a watchdog warned that a photo of a naked girl on it could be illegal.Here I am...The online encyclopedia has slammed the clampdown on its page about The Scorpions, which it says leaves most Britons unable to edit entries and affected the website's performance.
According to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) which monitors potentially illegal content, the Wikipedia Scorpions entry was added to its blacklist of websites because of what was "considered to be a potentially illegal indecent image of a child under the age of 18".
The photograph in question was an album cover of the German band's 1976 album "Virgin Killer."" [AFP]
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If the album cover is from 1976, why would anyone care 33 years later?
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 3:14 PM
and "Virgin Killer" is a classic! some people have no respect.
Posted by wembley | December 8, 2008 3:38 PM
pete townshend will be crushed to find out that he can't edit this entry. or research it.
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 4:41 PM
^ asshole
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 6:06 PM
great album
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 6:12 PM
great album
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 6:14 PM
one time I tried to sell an LP of that record on eBay and got shut down real quick, I even did something similar to the picture like what is above....probably could have made some money, bummer
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 8:58 PM
Is that Blind Faith album cover censored, too?
Posted by Anonymous | December 8, 2008 9:15 PM
What's next? And what are they already blocking we don't even know of? Big Brother.
Although, that one really belongs to the worst cover ever, puberal, uninspired, pathetic.
Posted by nog | December 8, 2008 11:19 PM