Censorship News

January 2007 - Posts

  • 15.01.2007 - Battle for free speech fought in the courts

    People from across the opinion spectrum are insisting on the right to speak their minds.

    GET ready for a spate of freedom of speech and freedom of expression cases coming forward in 2007. And expect some strange and uncomfortable alliances developing as media moguls line up with independents and religious groups hold hands with the sex industry in an effort to defend their own particular forms of public speech, utterance and expression.

    Last year ended with a mishmash of cases all across the world. Proving that authoritarianism is still alive in the country of Adolf Hitler' ... more

  • 07.01.07 Censorship Ratings Scheme Hangs on Saddam

    The Eros Association is considering a move to classify the controversial three minute film showing the hanging of Saddam Hussein, in an effort to expose the hypocrisy and immorality of Australia's National Classification Code and the state Classification Enforcement Acts.

     

    Under the current system, the film depicting the hanging of the former Iraqi dictator, (freely available on the internet), would receive an R rating if submitted for classification and would then be available to adults in all states of Australia, through family outlets like suburban ... more

  • 05.01.07 - Classification Review Board disregards research in their decision

    The Classification Review Board (CRB) today handed down its reasons for the decision to uphold an X18+ rating for the film Viva Erotica.

    In December 2006, AdultShop.com appealed the decision of the Office of Film and Literature Classification to classify the film X18+ rating on the basis that research highlighted that the reasonable adult was not offended by the real sex portrayed in the film, and therefore should be awarded an R18+ classifciation.

    The CRB's reasons for their decision indicate that they disregarded the ACNielsen research results ... more