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Australian Idol And ISP Censorship

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sex-censorship-and-a-land-down-under dept.

fembots writes "Teenage fans of the new Australian Idol Casey Donovan rushed to the homepage of a dead gay porn icon with the same name when a URL was advertised in major newspapers without the .au country code. ISP BigPond took matters to its own hand by redirecting millions of its subscribers' requests back to the Idol's website. On top of that, BigPond lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Broadcasting Authority on the basis Mr Donovan's site may contain X-rated material or material that would be denied classification by the Office of Film and Literature Classification."

10 of 335 comments (clear)

  1. Shhh by Laivincolmo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    W - W - W - dot - shhhhhh... dot com.... dot org...

    1. Re:Shhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "www.shhhhhh.com.org"?

    2. Re:Shhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If anybody knows of a distro which fully supports the nForce 3 250Gb (including built-in NIC) AND can handle a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS, I would LOVE to know about it. I am not very skilled at Linux, and would have trouble re-compiling a a kernel.

  2. erm no by goldcd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You just need to learn how to type.

  3. Re:...and? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot readers are gay.

    Slashdot FPosters are gayer.

    Casey Donovan ist die schwulste Schwuchtel aller Zeiten.

  4. Re:I'd say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow, great point. if i had mod points, they'ld be yours.

  5. Re:Australian standards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I agree. Why is this news? It's not like it happened in a civilized nation...

  6. Re:The dead are filing lawsuits now? by SlashDread · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that, and be voted -for-, I think..

    "/Dread"

  7. so by Run4yourlives · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Who was the idiot that chose .com.au as the TLD for Australia in the first place? What the heck is that?

    Why not .co.au like the UK, (.co.uk) or just .au like canada (.ca)?

    Dumb Dumb Dumb.

  8. Well duh by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    People want to see someone who upholds their ideals be elected. Who would look out for the rights of the deceased better than a former member of the living?