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Legal Trouble For MMOs In Australia
Zonk tips a story at Massively that has uncovered a potential legal controversy in Australia where some MMOs are concerned. Under Australian law, all games require a formal rating to be sold. Due to an oversight, many MMOs do not carry such a rating, yet they have been sold since release without anyone realizing the problem. "According to the Act, selling a single copy of an unclassified game attracts a penalty of AU$27,220.80 or two years. Selling unclassified games in commercial quantities (50 or more) can have a much steeper schedule of penalties, and additional penalties apply to advertising unclassified material, or simply omitting the correct ratings labels on the merchandise. ... publishers and distributors at some point misunderstood their obligations with respect to MMOG classifications in Australia, and operated under the belief that no such rating was required here." Reader Clomer points out that this has been brought to the attention of the Australian media, so hopefully the issue will be resolved soon.
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Wow. Austrailia is a shithole. Their games are more expensive, come out later, and are constantly being censored.
I like how that new show on Discovery makes Austrailia out to be this really liberal society (the show about those pranksters who go into airports named Al Quaeda and dress like Osama) but in reality is practically a police-state.
Remember that junk about BT being shut down in australia? Omg