We can finally find self-pleasure in peace. The Indian IT Act has legalised the ownership and viewership of pornographic material. However, sharing porn remains a criminal offence.
Of course, most of us will still hide our porn collection in safe havens, and be aware of looking over our shoulders at regular intervals. But at least, we know that the cops can’t haul us over any time they wish to see if any of our electronic devices has porn in it or not. The railway police did that recently to an IT student in Mumbai, but don’t let them do that to you now. The new law states that the police can check your devices only if there’s a complaint.
All good news so far, but the sad thing is that you’ll be a criminal if you share porn with anyone, even friends. Imagine if your friend didn’t like the porn you shared with him, and you didn’t share the porn he really wanted from you, he could file a complaint and you’d behind bars, sans any porn. Not a good situation to be in.
So, download all the porn you want from home (downloading from a cyber cafe is illegal), own and watch as much as you can, but don’t transmit it electronically.