Pornography in Denmark

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The first country in the world to legitimize pornography was Denmark in 1967. That year, the country legalized pornographic literature. Subsequently, on July 1, 1969,^[1] Denmark became the first nation in the world to legalize pictorial and audiovisual pornography,^[2] which helped further promote the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984) in modern American culture, and later, in many other countries throughout the world.^[3]

People in Denmark have had free access to such materials ever since. There still are a few regulations: for example, pornography must be placed out of the view of children, and may not be sold to persons under the age of 15. The public TV channel Kanal København broadcast hardcore pornography free and uncoded at night, in the early 2000s.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to 2015, there were no specific restrictions against zoophilic pornography, and such affairs came under animal cruelty laws. If no harm or pain was inflicted on the animal, such acts were not illegal. This changed in late April 2015, when Denmark passed a new law, making sex with animals illegal.^[4] The earlier lack of legislation had allegedly made Denmark a center for the production of animal pornography.^{[citation needed]} This accusation, however, was dismissed as a myth by Det Dyreetiske Råd, a legal council, which, in November 2006, published an extensive report on the topic of animal sex.^[5]

Between 1969 and 1980, the Color Climax Corporation produced legal child pornography films.^{[citation needed]} Since 1980, child pornography has been illegal in Denmark.^[6] It is illegal to distribute photographic or video pornography of persons under the age of 18, although the age of consent in Denmark is 15.^{[citation needed]}