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Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: aldo_14 on July 05, 2005, 09:54:58 am: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/oz_mobile_smut_ban/

[q]The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) - as of 1 July the newly formed face of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Australian Communications Authority - has banned hard-core porn from mobile phones.

According to various media reports, mobile operators will not be allowed to punt X18+ content or anything which has been refused classification. They will also be obliged to check customers' ages before ejaculating "less offensive" (MA15+ or R18+) moboporn. Furthermore, operators will have to monitor chat room services.
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The announcement will come as a terrible blow to the burgeoning Australian 3G market. Vodafone, Telstra and Optus will this year join Hutchison in offering high-speed access to top-notch services, but God alone knows how they're going to recoup their licence fees if they can't offer anything spicier than live Aussie rules football.

As any well-informed pundit knows, the whole future of 3G hangs on online gambling and pornography. No-one is interested in MMS or the Premiership beamed live to your handset on a two inch square screen. What people really want is the ability to play real-time poker while on the train to work, and download naked people while in the pub.

Australia's persistent nannyism attacks not only the fundamental tenets of personal freedom, but also prevents honest, hard-working mobile operators from exerting their God-given right to make huge profits. This undemocratic and anticapitalist rampage must stop, and it must stop now.[/q]
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Taristin on July 05, 2005, 10:13:30 am: Now they've gone too far!
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: vyper on July 05, 2005, 10:17:57 am: The scary part is I agree with the last paragraph...
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Ghostavo on July 05, 2005, 10:22:31 am: The bastards...

THIS WILL NOT STAND!!!
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 05, 2005, 10:38:10 am: Quote
before ejaculating "less offensive" (MA15+ or R18+) moboporn

I like that wording. Do you like that wording?
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: aldo_14 on July 05, 2005, 10:48:33 am: :rolleyes:

Get back in the corner you dirty, dirty boy!
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: redsniper on July 05, 2005, 11:14:59 am: Quote
"less offensive" (MA15+ or R18+) moboporn

:wtf: You let 15 year olds watch porn?
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Taristin on July 05, 2005, 11:32:29 am: Isn't Oz great?!
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: aldo_14 on July 05, 2005, 11:32:47 am: Well, 15 rated movies can have tits, can't they?
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Taristin on July 05, 2005, 11:36:42 am: In conservative america, any movie baring breasts that is not a documentary is prohibited until 18 years old.
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Grug on July 05, 2005, 11:41:20 am: *Notes all the non-Australians* :rolleyes:

Meh at the article though. Personally I don't really give a rats about porn on a phone. But they did say hard-core porn only. The MA-15+ is the highest rating over here, and as such is pretty lenient.

There are many more worrying things that are to come around though now that little Jonny has his power circle. He has enough seats now that the liberals can sway near any vote... :doubt:

Slowly the government goes ever so corrupt. :(
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Taristin on July 05, 2005, 11:42:25 am: Welcome to the rest of the world.
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Grug on July 05, 2005, 11:46:39 am: LoL. :p

Well its not that bad yet I guess. Everyone likes to complain about their governments.

But I'm still glad I live here and not elsewheres. (No offence)
:)
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: redsniper on July 05, 2005, 11:48:45 am: Oh, well, if all they show are boobs then it doesn't really count as porn. Over here it would just be an R-rated movie. Whatever, carry on. :P
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: StratComm on July 05, 2005, 11:49:57 am: Quote
Originally posted by Raa
In conservative america, any movie baring breasts that is not a documentary is prohibited until 18 years old.

And then there is always Titanic :p

In all seriousness, our whole rating scheme is a bit on the far side of retarded. There is no indications as to what a particular rating is given for, at least none that is easily interpreted, and while one movie may bare a breast and get an R while doing nothing else wrong, the movie could also practically be a porno (Eyes Wide Shut, anyone?) and get the same rating.
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: redsniper on July 05, 2005, 11:52:42 am: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
In all seriousness, our whole rating scheme is a bit on the far side of retarded.

Kinda like the ESRB is a lot of the time. :doubt:
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Grug on July 05, 2005, 12:13:07 pm: Here there is a rating, then a list of reasons.

I think our Ratings are: G , PG , M , MA, R.
Then you can have: Adult Themes, Sexual References, Nudity, Sex Scenes, Violence, Course Language, etc.

Gives a bit more info on what your going to see for the most part. There are slightly different rating systems in place for TV, Movies / DVD's, and Games though. They all vary.
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Taristin on July 05, 2005, 12:15:31 pm: We have that. but it's misused.

In fact, it's the exact ratings.

G
PG
PG-13
NC-17
M
MA
R
X :nervous:
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Grug on July 05, 2005, 12:19:19 pm: I'm not sure if we have an X rating, but most are only used for movies. Less for TV, and less again for games.

For games there is only G, and M IIRC.
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: aldo_14 on July 05, 2005, 12:19:49 pm: 'contains scenes of mild peril'
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Taristin on July 05, 2005, 12:20:41 pm: For games, I've seen:

G
PG
T
M

I always laugh at "cartoon violence and general mayhem"
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: General Freak on July 05, 2005, 01:45:49 pm: So does HLP get all its news from The Register now? :rolleyes:
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Black Wolf on July 05, 2005, 02:42:50 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Grug
There are many more worrying things that are to come around though now that little Jonny has his power circle. He has enough seats now that the liberals can sway near any vote... :doubt:

Near? He took control of the senate 6 days ago. There's literally nothing anyone can do to stop him implementing whatever he wants for the next 3 or 4 years.

Oh, and the "X" rating just means "Refused Classification".
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: aldo_14 on July 05, 2005, 03:29:53 pm: Quote
Originally posted by General Freak
So does HLP get all its news from The Register now? :rolleyes:

No, just me.

:p
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: pyro-manic on July 07, 2005, 05:46:45 pm: Heheh. Sucks to be in Oz...

Quote
Originally posted by ngtm1r
I like that wording. Do you like that wording?

I do. I like it very much. :yes:

This is a blatant hijacking of the thread, but it's vaguely related. Anyone seen/heard of a film called 9 Songs? I don't recall any threads about it here, but it caused a big stink when they showed it at Cannes, and I don't think it went on general release in this country. But then I saw it on sale in Woolworths the other day, which is strange considering it's basically a porn film...
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: aldo_14 on July 07, 2005, 05:50:22 pm: I think I've seen it on the shelves. IIRC it's the one where the sex scenes are actual shagging and it's cut in with concert footage.

Although I think it didn't get general release simply because the cinemas didn't think they'd make money off it rather than being banned.
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: pyro-manic on July 07, 2005, 06:49:30 pm: That's the one. It's just quite weird because I thought it was illegal to sell stuff like that (ie. scenes showing actual graphic sex) outside of licensed shops. Unless the law's changed and I missed it...

PS: for anyone thinking of watching it, don't - it's crap. Get some proper pr0n instead. Unless you're Australian, and you can't. :p
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Grug on July 08, 2005, 04:14:06 am: :ha: :p

I'd still rather live in Australia than anywhere else in the world. Everywhere else is worse IMHO... (No offence) :p

/Patriotism
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Zarax on July 08, 2005, 04:29:40 am: Meh, I feel sorry for those poor loosers that forks out money for the video services on mobile phones... What a waste...
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Sigma957 on July 08, 2005, 04:45:47 am: We can still get prOn,just go to the Australian Capital Territory *ACT* where the pm is and get as much as you want LOL :lol:
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: pyro-manic on July 08, 2005, 08:46:46 am: Quote
Originally posted by Zarax
Meh, I feel sorry for those poor loosers that forks out money for the video services on mobile phones... What a waste...

Also those idiots who pay three quid to download that f*cking frog...
Title: No porn on the train for Ozzies
Post by: Grug on July 08, 2005, 09:36:39 am: Quote
Originally posted by pyro-manic

Also those idiots who pay three quid to download that f*cking frog...

Please, mention the demon not! :shaking: