Body Modification Ezine (BME) is an online magazine devoted to body modification, noted for its coverage of the extreme and fringes of body modification and erotic body play.
BME was expanded in 2000 by the addition of IAM.BMEzine, an online community, which hosts blogs specifically for members of the body-modification community.
In late 2005, BME added both a video sister site, BMEvideo and a body modification blog, Modblog.BMEzine.com.
The site often publishes hoax articles each year on April Fools' Day.
On May 14, 2008, Shannon Larratt posted onto ModBlog that he would no longer be an employee of BME.
On March 15, 2013, it was announced that Shannon Larratt had died.[1]
BME BBQsedit
Patrons of the BME website and its IAM community have often gathered for barbecues where they can meet with one another. Historically, the largest of these BBQs, known as BMEFest,[2] were held in or around Toronto, Ontario and generally on Canada Day with hundreds of participants. The festivities of BMEFest almost always include suspensions, fireworks, grilled food both vegan and otherwise, and there is usually a commemorative T-shirt for each event. It is generally free to attend but it is encouraged to sign up ahead of time and may be exclusive to a private group.[3]
Censorshipedit
The BME site is blocked by many Internet filtering services intended to protect children (and workplaces), for reasons such as nudity, torture, and other adult content. It was banned by Germany's Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien in 1999 as a "danger to the youth" because BME did not include age verification or an entrance page warning users of potential adult content.[4] In December 2005, the German agency forced Google to remove the site from search results returned by www.google.de.[5]
When Germany came after BME for "endangering the youth" and demanded that I make changes to the site to comply with German law, my response was to simply not visit Germany again (and I'm a German citizen). When the US started to pressure us, we moved all of our servers and presence out of the country and backed off on plans to live in the US. No changes were ever made to the site, and no images were ever removed — if anything, the pressure made me push those areas even more.
Referencesedit
^"RIP Shannon Larratt 1973-2013". News.bme.com. March 15, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^. Wiki.bmezine.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^. Iam.bmezine.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^. News.bmezine.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
bmezine, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2015, lea. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources BMEzine news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Body Modification Ezine BME is an online magazine devoted to body modification noted for its coverage of the extreme and fringes of body modification and erotic body play BMEzineType of siteOnline magazineAvailable inEnglishOwnerBMEzine com LLCCreated byGroupURLbmezine wbr comCommercialYesRegistrationNot RequiredLaunched1994Current statusActive Contents 1 History and content 2 BME BBQs 3 Censorship 4 ReferencesHistory and content editBME was started as a web site hosted at Internex Online on December 6 1994 by Shannon Larratt and was the first body modification website citation needed BME was expanded in 2000 by the addition of IAM BMEzine an online community which hosts blogs specifically for members of the body modification community In late 2005 BME added both a video sister site BMEvideo and a body modification blog Modblog BMEzine com The site often publishes hoax articles each year on April Fools Day Both Shannon and Rachel Larratt have cameo appearances in the Kevin Smith feature Clerks II citation needed On May 14 2008 Shannon Larratt posted onto ModBlog that he would no longer be an employee of BME On March 15 2013 it was announced that Shannon Larratt had died 1 BME BBQs editPatrons of the BME website and its IAM community have often gathered for barbecues where they can meet with one another Historically the largest of these BBQs known as BMEFest 2 were held in or around Toronto Ontario and generally on Canada Day with hundreds of participants The festivities of BMEFest almost always include suspensions fireworks grilled food both vegan and otherwise and there is usually a commemorative T shirt for each event It is generally free to attend but it is encouraged to sign up ahead of time and may be exclusive to a private group 3 Censorship editThe BME site is blocked by many Internet filtering services intended to protect children and workplaces for reasons such as nudity torture and other adult content It was banned by Germany s Bundesprufstelle fur jugendgefahrdende Medien in 1999 as a danger to the youth because BME did not include age verification or an entrance page warning users of potential adult content 4 In December 2005 the German agency forced Google to remove the site from search results returned by www google de 5 Shannon Larratt writes in Zentastic com 5 When Germany came after BME for endangering the youth and demanded that I make changes to the site to comply with German law my response was to simply not visit Germany again and I m a German citizen When the US started to pressure us we moved all of our servers and presence out of the country and backed off on plans to live in the US No changes were ever made to the site and no images were ever removed if anything the pressure made me push those areas even more References edit RIP Shannon Larratt 1973 2013 News bme com March 15 2013 Retrieved May 4 2013 BMEFest at BME Encyclopedia Wiki bmezine com Archived from the original on June 28 2012 Retrieved May 4 2013 BME Events Calendar Iam bmezine com Archived from the original on August 7 2011 Retrieved May 4 2013 Germany Hates BME News bmezine com Archived from the original on March 2 2012 Retrieved May 4 2013 a b Zentastic com Archived May 9 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title BMEzine amp oldid 1150164897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
