March 2007 - Posts

• 03.03.07 - Australia's adult industry challenges film ratings

  Article: Australian's porn industry challenges film ratings CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's porn industry began a court challenge to the country's film ratings on Thursday in a test case which family groups said could lead to explicit sex movies being sold openly in shops and petrol stations. Pornographic movies can only be sold legally in two Australian territories, including the capital Canberra, and generated an estimated A$500 million ($393 million) last year, mainly through mail orders. While it is legal to own or watch sexually-explicit movies at home an ... more Posted Tuesday, 6 March 2007 11:53 AM | 2 Comments

• 02.03.07 - The Australian newspaper calls for reader comments!

  Caroline Overington, Senior Journalist for The Australian newspaper has established a blog that encourages readers to make comment on whether explicit erotic films should be made available to Australian adults? Click here to read through some of the interesting comments that highlight just how much support there is for explicit erotic films to be made available to adults who wish to purchase them! ... more Posted Friday, 2 March 2007 10:51 AM | 0 Comments

• 01.03.07 - AdultShop.com takes classification board to court

  Last night, a Symposium organised by the University of Sydney and faciliated by ABC Movie Show host and anti-censorship campaigner Margaret Pomeranz, was held to openly discuss the topic of Sex, Censorship and Community Standards. Today, AdultShop.com goes before the Federal Court to argue that films showing actual sex between consenting adults should be given a rating of R instead of X18+. Click here to listen to the ABC News audio filemore Posted Thursday, 1 March 2007 12:07 PM | 0 Comments

• 01.03.07 - Board to study positions on porn

  The Classification Review Board has agreed to conduct research into whether the so-called reasonable adult is offended by films that show actual sexual intercourse, writes Senior Journalist Caroline Overington for The Australian newspaper. An interesting development given AdultShop.com's main argument in today's Federal Court challenge is that the Classification Review Board has not conducted any research into community standards, and if they were to would find that the reasonable adult is not offended by explicit erotic films. The article can be accessed Posted Thursday, 1 March 2007 11:50 AM | 1 Comments