Ghosts had challenged the hypocrisy of Victorian morality and was deemed indecent for its veiled references to syphilis.

There is easy-to-use software they can program into their computers to block access to transmissions they deem indecent.

"The episode is not sufficiently explicit or graphic to be deemed indecent," the commission said.

The bill states that anyone engaging in pornography and pornoaction is punishable by law, pornoaction being a self-invented word that means "actions deemed indecent."

Mr. Byrnes said that some had feared the term "context" was being used to suggest that innocent words could be deemed indecent based on their context.

The term "safe harbor" refers to the hours during which broadcasters may transmit material deemed indecent for children.

Hamas members reportedly burned down stores that stocked videos which they deemed indecent and destroyed books which they described as "heretical."

They say the commission has refused to identify specific material that would be deemed indecent under the standards.

Many lines and scenes from the play were cut or re-written because they were deemed indecent by the Hays office.

Imamura was arrested on July 2010 for posting images that were deemed indecent.