Censorship in Australia 3
SebastianDoyle writes "It's as much about comic books as viable literature as it is about censorship, but it seemed like the kind of thing Slashdotters might like. Basically a short editorial about Eddie Campbell's trouble getting a very good book past the censorship of the country in which he made it."
Irony at its best... (Score:1)
And I thought I had it bad in the States... (Score:1)
It's things like this that make my wife hesitant to even consider moving back to Oz. It's always depressing to sit and read about local governments and industry-run cens^H^H^H^H regulating groups (such as the MPAA ratings board) declaring this or that unfit, etc., here. To see it happening at a national level somewhere like Australia just seems so much worse. Anyone want to take bets on how long until it happens in the US, too?
Any Aussie care to comment? Offer any suggestions on where to look for more information on the OFLC? To what/whom does this group report? Since the article mentioned that sale of media not classified by them is a criminal offense, does that mean this group was legislated into existence, and their operation mandated by law? How long ago?
Curiousity, killing cats, all that.:)
Are non-graphic novels subject to censorship too? (Score:1)
Are web sites in Australia subject to the same laws? Would an Australian adult be able to look at this content online? How about a kid? Does it matter if the servers are located in Australia or not? What if the content is downloadable? Is saving it an offense? printing it? giving a copy to a friend?
Even trying to enter a frame of mind which states "this is harmful to our citizens; we can and will make sure they are not exposed to this" makes me shudder.