[quote]An Indonesian pop star was sentenced to three and a half years in prison today after sex tapes of him and his celebrity girlfriends went viral online, in a case that's led to a huge crackdown on Internet porn in the world's most populous Muslim country.
Nazril "Ariel" Irham is one Southeast Asia's most popular stars and front man for the band Peterpan. He was arrested after two homemade videos swept the Internet last year, depicting the 30-year-old star having sex with his actress girlfriend and a popular TV presenter. The videos riveted Indonesia and spurred the government to try to impose a porn filter on the Web, to prevent local users from accessing Playboy and dozens of other sites.
Indonesian Pop Star Jailed for Sex Tape
Kusumadireza, AP
Indonesian singer Nazril "Ariel" Irham of the group Peterpan was sentenced to three and a half years in prison today for violating the country's anti-pornography law. He was arrested after sex tapes of him and his celebrity girlfriends went viral online.
Dueling chants echoed outside the court compound today in the city of Bandung, where Irham's punishment was announced. Young, Web-savvy music fans gathered alongside Muslim hardliners protesting what they saw as authorities' leniency in dealing with the pop star. Irham's three-and-a-half-year prison sentence also includes a $28,000 fine, but it was less than the five years prosecutors had requested, CNN reported.
After the verdict was read, some Muslim protesters stormed the court, and the singer was whisked away into an armored police car. Some 1,000 police sought to keep order outside.
Irham was found guilty of violating Indonesia's controversial anti-pornography law, passed in 2008 amid pressure from Muslim conservatives for the country to crack down on public nudity and racy material online. The law says anyone found guilty of producing, copying, distributing or broadcasting pornography can be sentenced to up to 12 years in jail.
"The defendant is legitimately and convincingly guilty of giving chances for others to spread, make and provide pornography," Judge Singgih Budi Prakoso told the court, according to Reuters.
The sex tapes are believed to have come from Irham's computer, and police initially said a friend may have stolen them. An employee of Peterpan's record label was sentenced today to two years in prison for allegedly being the one who uploaded the videos to the Internet.
The pop star denied it was him in the footage, and his lawyer vowed to appeal, saying the anti-pornography law was wrongly applied retroactively to acts videotaped in 2006.
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"We're Indonesians, we pay taxes, we've never done anything wrong, we've done nothing. But it's like they're raping our freedom, they're raping our privacy," Irham's girlfriend, actress Luna Maya, who allegedly appeared in one of the tapes, told The New York Times. "If this country is going to hand out punishments based on public opinion, then we may as well do away with the courts."
But the local head of an Indonesian Muslim group, Abdul Qohar, told the Times that Irham's videos were a "virus" corrupting the nation's youth.
After the two videos went viral, the words "Ariel Peterporn" -- a play on the name of Irham's band and a reference to the porn scandal he was mired in -- became a trending topic on Twitter. [/quote]
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You know, most celebrities gain more fame for releasing a sex tape.
maybe it wasn't his fault for the tape being released?
It's his own private life... Going to jail because of this is fucking ridiculous
What a fucked up country, not allowing a natural and awesome thing, quick someone spam porn to the judge's email
Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
so its okay to violate human rights because of culture? I'm not talking about just pornography here, but a wide range of other things.
Don't they have sep. of church and state in Indonesia too?
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117][b]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.[/b]
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
??????
It's the same thing as watching someone have sex in person. The only difference is they are paid to act.. and sometimes it's not even acting.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
You're right, we also shouldn't criticize cultures that have slavery, oppress women, or use heinous forms of execution. Our bad dude, I forgot that our culture is different.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;27774148]so its okay to violate human rights because of culture? I'm not talking about just pornography here, but a wide range of other things.[/QUOTE]
He never said that, hence why he said porn specifically.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
Porn is as natural as eating cooked food.
Restricting it is stupid as fuck.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
You're talking about a group of people who threatened to behead every American because some softserve resembled their prophet.
[QUOTE=GunFox;27774257]
Restricting it is stupid as fuck.[/QUOTE]
I don't disagree.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
They're savages.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;27774148]so its okay to violate human rights because of culture? I'm not talking about just pornography here, but a wide range of other things.[/QUOTE]
It's about porn.
I'd suggest making a new thread discussing how much better conditions in country A are than in country B.
[QUOTE=Bassplaya7;27774242]You're right, we also shouldn't criticize cultures that have slavery, oppress women, or use heinous forms of execution. Our bad dude, I forgot that our culture is different.[/QUOTE]
This sounds silly but yes, we shouldn't try and westernise the rest of the world then complain when they try to do the same in retaliation.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;27774341]They're savages.[/QUOTE]
We are savages. As are they.
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[QUOTE=MachiniOs;27774383]This sounds silly but yes, we shouldn't try and westernise the rest of the world then complain when they try to do the same in retaliation.[/QUOTE]
An eye for an eye makes the world go blind.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;27774341]They're savages.[/QUOTE]
Your face is savage
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774394]We are savages. As are they.
[editline]31st January 2011[/editline]
An eye for an eye makes the world go blind.[/QUOTE]
Know what else makes the world blind? Cutting people's heads off for unjustified reasons. :colbert:
Plus how are we savages? Capital punishment is illegal in most states and we have incarceration. We don't go around stoning children and women to death for simple crimes.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;27774383]This sounds silly but yes, we shouldn't try and westernise the rest of the world then complain when they try to do the same in retaliation.[/QUOTE]
I have little issue with crushing their culture.
We will never get along. We've spent several thousand years immersed in either conflict or tensions as a result of our cultural differences.
One of the two cultures has to go. Seeing as they regularly trample the most basic of human rights, I vote that it is theirs.
Not that I know how we'd go about accomplishing this without simply slaughtering them. Which would fail to achieve the desired outcome anyways.
Funny because anyone their would say we should die.
[QUOTE=GunFox;27774257]Porn is as natural as eating cooked food.
Restricting it is stupid as fuck.[/QUOTE]
I agree, my porn is as valuable as the food I eat.
[QUOTE=Bassplaya7;27774242]You're right, we also shouldn't criticize cultures that have slavery, oppress women, or use heinous forms of execution. Our bad dude, I forgot that our culture is different.[/QUOTE]I'm pretty sure he was talking porn only.
[QUOTE=Da Jester;27774425]Know what else makes the world blind? Cutting people's heads off for unjustified reasons. :colbert:
Plus how are we savages? Capital punishment is illegal in most states and we have incarceration. We don't go around stoning children and women to death for simple crimes.[/QUOTE]
In the west people get murdered and raped too. People get tortured and horribly mutilated. People are given the death penalty for something they didn't do. Serial killers go free. Child abuse happens. Child porn happens.
I am not talking about just justice. Unless you're trying to prove they are savages by pointing out their sense of justice is wrong. In which case they are not savages. They are injust by our standard.
This is about porn and how their government punishes those that disobey the law.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;27774117]Porn isn't natural. Having sex is.
Muslims can't watch porn. They can have sex.
Different culture. Don't go hating. They don't like our ways either.[/QUOTE]
It's still stupid.
Of course my argument holds no weight as it's just not that good of one, however...
It's still stupid.
If people can't fuck in peace then they might as well die.
I'm not against porn but all I have to say is:
porn does not equal sex/fucking
This news is months old.
It's been aired on every Indonesian channels.
ling to the video? :q:
[QUOTE=GunFox;27774476]I have little issue with crushing their culture.
We will never get along. We've spent several thousand years immersed in either conflict or tensions as a result of our cultural differences.
One of the two cultures has to go. Seeing as they regularly trample the most basic of human rights, I vote that it is theirs.
Not that I know how we'd go about accomplishing this without simply slaughtering them. Which would fail to achieve the desired outcome anyways.[/QUOTE]
"let's wipe out an entire culture with thousands of years of history because we don't get along"
[QUOTE=GunFox;27774476]I have little issue with crushing their culture.
We will never get along. We've spent several thousand years immersed in either conflict or tensions as a result of our cultural differences.
One of the two cultures has to go. Seeing as they regularly trample the most basic of human rights, I vote that it is theirs.
Not that I know how we'd go about accomplishing this without simply slaughtering them. Which would fail to achieve the desired outcome anyways.[/QUOTE]
Way to be the better man there buddy.
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