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- From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
- Subject: [aus.aarnet] Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.074801.17993@eff.org>
- Followup-To: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,aus.aarnet
- Originator: kadie@eff.org
- Sender: usenet@eff.org (NNTP News Poster)
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- Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:48:01 GMT
- Lines: 50
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- [A repost - Carl]
-
- From: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie)
- Newsgroups: aus.aarnet
- Subject: Re: Aarnet should not be pornographic!
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 02:32:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1ig4o1INNi90@flash.pax.tpa.com.au>
-
- In article 18232@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU, gja@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (Grenville Armitage) writes:
- >In article <1ibbrfINN2hp@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au writes:
- >>Can you watch a movie in this country
- >>that has not been approved by someone else ?
- >>They actually take bits out and say
- >>"no I don't think the likes of Grenville should see this" and you never do.
- > [..]
- >>Of course I guess you are not truly censored.
- >
- >You've missed a perfect analogy. The govt may censor a particular "newsfeed"
- >(TV, public video libraries, etc) - but I'm still able to get almost any
- >movie direct from the source on tape, no? So, no I'm not really censored.
-
- The tapes that are available in this country are not necessarily an uncensored
- product. In fact in many cases they are "tame" releases that have been specially
- made for consumption in countries like this. If you directly import movies that
- have not been approved by the censor then you are breaching customs regulations -
- just read the declaration for instance for "unaccompanied goods" of returning
- travellers - it specifically mentions videotapes.
-
- The "Uncensored Director's Cut" of many movies would not be legal to import into
- this country.
-
- Furthermore, Scandinavian-style pornography that you might choose to watch is not
- legal to import, or even possess, in this country. If you have it, you must have
- imported it and it is quite legal for customs agents to raid your home and seize it.
-
- > So few people are truly censored,
- >because the instances of true censorship (where _all_ possible avenues
- >of access to XYZ are blocked or removed) apply to few activities in
- >our society.
-
- If you want to break the law then this is undoubtedly the case.
-
- If you think you have had access to anything you want in this country, then you have
- led a pretty sheltered existence, or have broken a lot of laws !
-
- david
-
- --
- Carl Kadie -- I do not represent EFF; this is just me.
- =kadie@eff.org, kadie@cs.uiuc.edu =
-