Bravo

**beutelwolf** · October 27th, 2013, 04:18 PM

I recently became aware that the German mag Bravo is on our banned list.

Would it be OK though to link directly to Bravo's own web site?

I suspect the ban is due to copyright issues in which case such links should be IMO permissible, but then - I do not know the reason behind the ban. The reason I'm asking is that I could keep some of my (pictureless) celeb mag cover indexes more complete by linking their Bravo covers directly over there rather than omitting them (or keeping them unlinked).

**Jism Jim** · October 28th, 2013, 04:01 PM

The ban was due to underage nudity pics sometimes appearing in Bravo.

**beutelwolf** · October 28th, 2013, 08:40 PM

I have to say that surprises me - "underage nudity sometimes appearing in" puts the bar pretty low for a full ban on a mag; on those grounds you could ban pretty much any non-porn mag. Looking at Bravo's 52 covers from 1968 (link to Bravo homepage) there is no nudity and the youngest person on any of those 52 covers (I checked them all) was Bonanza's Michael Landon, then aged 21. I actually doubt that there was any nudity of any kind in Bravo before the 1970s, and the mag started in 1956.

More persistent offenders against that underage-nudity criterion (than mags aimed at teenagers) are actually nudist mags, like e.g. Health & Efficiency. I haven't seen here a blanket ban for those though...

**Wendigo** · October 28th, 2013, 09:59 PM

Due to the specific nature of the reason it was banned several years ago I would have no objection to relaxing the rule to allow front covers featuring celebs being used. I have raised this in the mods forum and I believe it presents a reasonable compromise.

**hos** · October 29th, 2013, 08:28 PM

may take into account that Bravo is a mag for teenagers and not for adults.

**Wendigo** · October 29th, 2013, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by hos

may take into account that Bravo is a mag for teenagers and not for adults.

Point taken, but as we are only considering allowing front covers with celebs on I hope that will not be an issue.

**hos** · October 29th, 2013, 10:16 PM

(what i wanted to point on : having teenage magazines as part in our forum, we may have visitors we don't want to see here. young teens googling for their mag and want to find stuff from their mag may find search results which leads to places they shouldn't go to. sure we can't do much against it that such things happen, but imho the ban of teenage magazines like Bravo is an option to avoid an invitation for children to our adult forum)

**beutelwolf** · October 29th, 2013, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by hos

..., we may have visitors we don't want to see here. young teens googling for their mag and ...

In this particular setting this is not very likely, because (i) Bravo is a German mag, and (ii) VEF does not show up in your searches when you google in Germany, whatever you are googling for.

**hos** · October 29th, 2013, 10:52 PM

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VEF does not show up in your searches when you google in Germany, whatever you are googling for.

sorry, but that's wrong, beutelwolf. may it's an ISP issue on your end, but i get google search results for VEF without problems. and likely or not, for me 1 child visiting our forum without purpose is already 1 child too much.

Fatvanbelly · October 29th, 2013, 10:53 PM

This is an adult Forum. Isn't there a more appropriate place for clothed celebrity pics?

October 27th, 2013, 04:18 PM	#1
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October 28th, 2013, 04:01 PM	#2
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hos Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: back in the dirt Posts: 10,635 Thanks: 29,724 Thanked 89,363 Times in 9,363 Posts	may take into account that Bravo is a mag for teenagers and not for adults. __________________ You may be the most important brick in the least important wall, but really you're just a bit of something on a bit of something else.

October 29th, 2013, 10:16 PM	#7
hos Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: back in the dirt Posts: 10,635 Thanks: 29,724 Thanked 89,363 Times in 9,363 Posts	(what i wanted to point on : having teenage magazines as part in our forum, we may have visitors we don't want to see here. young teens googling for their mag and want to find stuff from their mag may find search results which leads to places they shouldn't go to. sure we can't do much against it that such things happen, but imho the ban of teenage magazines like Bravo is an option to avoid an invitation for children to our adult forum) __________________ You may be the most important brick in the least important wall, but really you're just a bit of something on a bit of something else.

October 28th, 2013, 08:40 PM	#3
beutelwolf paludicolous paravant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Perfidious Albion Posts: 26,735 Thanks: 75,667 Thanked 745,438 Times in 26,855 Posts	I have to say that surprises me - "underage nudity sometimes appearing in" puts the bar pretty low for a full ban on a mag; on those grounds you could ban pretty much any non-porn mag. Looking at Bravo's 52 covers from 1968 (link to Bravo homepage) there is no nudity and the youngest person on any of those 52 covers (I checked them all) was Bonanza's Michael Landon, then aged 21. I actually doubt that there was any nudity of any kind in Bravo before the 1970s, and the mag started in 1956. More persistent offenders against that underage-nudity criterion (than mags aimed at teenagers) are actually nudist mags, like e.g. Health & Efficiency. I haven't seen here a blanket ban for those though...

October 28th, 2013, 09:59 PM	#4
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,797 Thanks: 259,910 Thanked 1,139,421 Times in 113,919 Posts	Due to the specific nature of the reason it was banned several years ago I would have no objection to relaxing the rule to allow front covers featuring celebs being used. I have raised this in the mods forum and I believe it presents a reasonable compromise.

October 29th, 2013, 10:53 PM	#10
Fatvanbelly Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 105 Thanks: 37 Thanked 685 Times in 91 Posts	This is an adult Forum. Isn't there a more appropriate place for clothed celebrity pics?