December 2006 - Posts

• 12.12.06 - We're a nation of lovers, not fighters

  Ross Fitzgerald, journalist for The Australian, today published an opinion piece that highlights how ordinary Australians are much more concerned about violence than sex. He also conveys the shortcomings of the Classification Review Board and their decision to uphold the R rating given to the film Viva Erotica. Fitzgerald questions how a violent film such as 'The Realm of Senses' in which a women strangles a man during a sex act, is classified R based on 'artistic merit', yet a film containing real sex such as Viva Erotica is awarded the X classifi ... more Posted Tuesday, 12 December 2006 9:24 AM | 0 Comments

• 8.12.06 - Adult retailer AdultShop.com has vowed to appeal to the Federal Court

  Adult retailer AdultShop.com has vowed to appeal to the Federal Court after its attempt to legalise the sale or hire of pornographic videos in WA was scuppered by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. The WA-based company took its case to the OFLC in a bid to have a film called Viva Erotica, which depicts real sex between consenting adults, rated R instead of X. Under State law, any R-rated video can be sold or hired in WA, but videos depicting real sex are usually given an X rating. X-rated films can only be sold or hired in the ACT and Northern Territory.  < ... more Posted Friday, 8 December 2006 6:08 PM | 2 Comments

• 8.12.06 - Classification Review Board upholds X18+ decision

  Viva Erotica, the film submitted by AdultShop.com to the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) and subsequently reviewed by the Classification Review Board, has today had the X18+ rating upheld. AdultShop.com submitted the film for classification review based on research that found the majority of Australian adults were not offended by "actual sex" in films. The company believes, on this basis that the film should be awarded a R18+ classification. In a decision that disappoints AdultShop.com, the Classification Review Board maintains th ... more Posted Friday, 8 December 2006 10:44 AM | 0 Comments