Article publications - how to.

nozzferrahhtoo

Has anyone got any experience with getting articles published in any print media?

The reason I ask is that I recently got interested in the subject of Pedophilia on the internet and I engaged in a lot of research on how such people meet, trade pornographic material and try to source children.

The answers I got were nothing short of shocking. The ease and... worse... the blatant nature.... of the methods were an eye opener. I worked out that sitting at any PC one was never at before, one could be viewing hardcore video footage AND discussing it openly with fellow perverts literally within half an hour. Given how easily one can get the phone numbers and IP addresses of the people sharing this material - for example on limewire IP addresses of the people you are downloading from are readily visible and using simple online IP tracing I could see most of them were in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany - it would appear the Police in all countries are literally powerless too. The perverts have literally no fear. Short of putting ones credit card details and home address into a Police Honey Pot it seems most people are free from any threat of legal action.

I have compiled what I learned into an article and would be interested in getting it published for free somewhere where it might actually be read and parents will get one more view point on the importance of protecting their children on line and if even one person is moved to question politicians on why we are powerless to investigate people who download or upload that material while displaying their home IP address for all to see... it would be enough for me.

santosubito

I advise you to be very careful in what you are doing. Saying you were doing research for an article is absolutely no defence for possessing child pornography. And possessing includes downloading onto your computer.

Pete Townsend being the classic example.

Gardai are well aware of all this.

If there are any websites that you would like to report for containing child abuse imagery, you can do so via www.hotline.ie

nozzferrahhtoo

Absolutely and wholly agree. The extent of my research was putting the appropriate search terms into limewire but not actually downloading any of the results. I am being intensely careful to stay on the right side of the law while writing this article as it would be an irony too far to get prosecuted for the very thing I am attempting to highlight. Pete Townsend is one example but Brian Curtin might be an even more relevant one given he actually claims to have possessed some for investigation purposes only. At least I think that was the judge that used that excuse, I am open to correction!

The article is all above board, but intensely shocking in the ease and blatancy with which these people operate and I would very much like to have it published somewhere in the hope it raises some awareness of the issue, even if that publication is in one of the free news papers... and I am not even looking to be paid for the article. I am not a journalist, but a programmer and have no interest in pursuing such a career.

The fact remains however that many people are not aware of just how accessible... easily so, such material is.... and just how easily our own children can be exposed to either it or those among us interested in it.

santosubito

But I am confused, you said: "for example on limewire IP addresses of the people you are downloading from are readily visible and using simple online IP tracing I could see most of them were in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany."

Did you download the stuff or not. Did you view it? If you did, would it not have been in your cookies?

santosubito

Oh, and Judge Curtin made no such claim at all. No evidence was heard in the case before it collapsed because of an illegal warrant.

nozzferrahhtoo

santosubito wrote: »

But I am confused, you said: "for example on limewire IP addresses of the people you are downloading from are readily visible and using simple online IP tracing I could see most of them were in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany."

No that is a comment about how limewire works when you download anything at all. You are able to view the "peers" you download from and their IP addresses and depending on their settings you can open a chat window to them. Torrents work in a similar fashion where you can see the ips of all peers. Sometimes you can do this without starting a download depending on the client. Trust me, I am no fool and am not about to get prosecuted by getting on the wrong side of the law for an article that wont make THAT much difference. If I thought I could write an article that really would make a significant difference in this area I probably would risk prosecution in order to do so, but I am a realist and I realise that a nobody writing an article is not going to change the world, so I am not about to take risks that are unwarranted that will give no gain.

santosubito wrote: »

Oh, and Judge Curtin made no such claim at all. No evidence was heard in the case before it collapsed because of an illegal warrant.

I knew I would have to be corrected, however I am almost certain I heard a story recently about a judge who claimed what was found on his PC was for research/investigation purposes only.

Anyway the content of the article is not really the issue, but the chances of getting it published and the procedures for doing so. I have approached the Metro Herald and waiting for a reply. If that goes nowhere I am not sure where is best to go next.

James Jones

nozzferrahhtoo wrote: »

Has anyone got any experience with getting articles published in any print media?

I got an article published HERE by complaining about the article HERE and threatening to make a complaint to the Press Ombudsman. It doesn't always work!