Australia
Brown Bunny Labeled Porn in Australia
An Australian Member of Parliament (MP) has called upon his state to reclassify “The Brown Bunny” DVD as pornographic.
Australia Convicts First Spammer
Setting a precedent, Australian authorities have successfully convicted the first spammer under the country’s 2003 Spam Act.
Vodafone Australia Puts 3G Mobile Porn on Hold
Vodafone Australia has put its plan for 3G mobile porn on hold while it works out the bugs for restricting content. The glitch, according to a report, is because of internal conflict at Vodafone Australia over marketing strategies and not because of technical problems.
ISP Filtering Said to Reduce Network Speed in Australia
Information Technology Minister Helen Coonan rejected a recent Labor Party proposal to establish nationwide filtering at the ISP level, but the future of such filtering remains uncertain.
Australia Should Streamline Adult Video Regulations, FSC’s Sunlove Says
Australia’s states should streamline their obscenity regulations and make legal the sale of adult videos in every corner of the country, the Free Speech Coalition’s Kat Sunlove told reporters.
Xobile Gets Five-Star Rating from FHM-Australia
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Australian edition of men's magazine FHM has given a coveted "5-Star" rating to Xobile, a provider of adult movies to mobile phones and wireless devices and the mobile arm of Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network.
Australia Losing Out on Porn Dollars, Group Says
More offensive adult content is streaming from Russia and China and less from Australia and the United States, according to an Internet free-speech advocacy group based in Australia.
Australia Bans X-Rated Mobile Content
Keeping in line with prohibitions of depictions of unsimulated sex acts in any other medium, the Australian Broadcast Authority [ABA] has banned X-rated material on mobile devices.
Australia Mobile Porn Faces Stiff Regulation
As mobile phone carriers and content providers begin gearing up for what promises to be substantial market demand for mobile porn, the Australian Communications Authority stepped up its plans to protect underage mobile users from accessing illicit material via SMS and mobile carrier portals.
Australia May Back Industry Awards
The Australian Taxation Office is considering plans to help aid the annual Australian Adult Industry Awards, according to an ATO spokesman.
Tough Porn Restrictions Proposed in Australia
Australia’s Labor Party is considering draconian new restrictions on adult Internet. The proposal would require all Internet Service Providers to install filters that would block triple-X content from being transmitted to home computers.
Australia Contemplates Rules for Dial-a-Porn
Australian officials are scrambling to draft new rules for providers of new technology that allows cell phone users to connect to adult porn via a 1 (900) number. The porn video images will be available in Australia on next-generation cell phones later this year.
Australia Post Porn Racket
Upper management at The Post discovered this week that more than 50 of its statewide bureau managers and staff members have been routinely exchanging hardcore pornographic emails and videos after an email got sent to the wrong address