Websites were graphic, hardcore porn
Websites created by an East Yorkshire businessman who has been promoted by civic leaders were graphic, hardcore pornography.
Today the Mail reports how online publisher Paul Smith, who has been a member of a new partnership aimed at promoting Beverley's economy and tourism, has built thousands of pornography sites.
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Paul Smith
The websites were not soft porn.
The sites featured fetish and dogging sites, including "Indian ladies" and Japanese porn, showing naked women in degrading poses.
They also showed pictures of people involved in sexual acts.
A lot of the websites advertised teenage girls and offered viewers a chance to contact them.
The images on the websites were far more graphic then anything published in top-shelf magazines.
However, there is nothing to suggest any of the websites are illegal.
Illegal pornographic websites include those where children are involved.
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by knowledgeispower, agutter
Friday, March 05 2010, 5:35AM
“HDM nothing changes does it poor content and even worse editorial control. I belive this chap may be discribed as competion to you,well he couldnt be any worse. By the way i used to live in Hull and worked for a charity and i am Gay would you like to do a story on me? Typical poor quality journalists and half rate editors. Best of look in court because if you had done that to me i would drag you all the way to the high court.”
by sally, over there
Thursday, March 04 2010, 11:25PM
“Ranter are you a lesbian man hater?”
by Fed Up, of this so-called news paper
Thursday, March 04 2010, 10:47PM
“'Ranter' - are you a HDM employee perchance? I was wondering if they would put a few on. Typical right wing rubbish. Do the HDM and other hypocritical profiteers of prostitution care whose wives or daughters they are taking money from?”
by ray, easthull
Thursday, March 04 2010, 9:43PM
“seems to me that the mail thinks it can get away with just about anything, remember the ghost picture last week, the phoney one, that they published about a ghost boy, they are laughable.”
by jon, beverley
Thursday, March 04 2010, 8:50PM
“man makes money from legally promoting pornography websites.....................
hulls local news paper makes money from advertising illegal prostitution!!!!”
by EP, Hull Yorks
Thursday, March 04 2010, 6:33PM
“Sorry I do not see anything wrong with making a honest LEGAL living.
Good luck to the fellow.”
by mark, hull
Thursday, March 04 2010, 5:16PM
“hdm pathetic non story .
paul has my full support ...”
by mkratty, hull
Thursday, March 04 2010, 5:12PM
“paul done an article on me on beverly westwood on the hu17 site . i met him and he seemed like a decent bloke .
its disgraceful that the HDM are trying to tarnish someones reputation in public ,when there is no evidence or proof he has ever done anything wrong .
paul you have a lot of support .i think you will gain more from this than the HDM will .”
by Ranter, Hull.
Thursday, March 04 2010, 5:01PM
“Seedy Smith gave the impression he was a business man. The other sites he designed were for a "special" kind of thrill seeker. They may be legal, but he kept things secretive, whilst he made a few extra quid from exploitation of women.
Grubby little creep.”
by Alan, Hull
Thursday, March 04 2010, 4:10PM
“To design a web site all you do is set up a template. Eg. this window can hold 20 photos, this pane is for text and can fit 400 characters.
The designer has nothing to do with the content.
It would appear that in this case the editor has nothing to do with the content of his paper either!”