Unfortunately, under Australian law, mosaic censorship does NOT mitigate anything. It's a common misconception - in short? We have worse rules than Japan has (assuming you take all the conventions of self censorship that Japan's industry does as 'rules') which is really, really funny.
Essentially if you can make out certain bits (or percieve to) and just about anything other than straight sex is depicted, it gets knocked up to X 18+, and unless you're in Canberra or the Northern Territory, you're not allowed to sell it. Queensland has an understanding that it won't really bother enforcing it though, from what I understand, and South Australia, well... they brown bag R18+ movies, so take that as you will.
So essentially the only people with relaxed pornography laws are the politicans, (And a territory who statisically can't really afford pornography on a percapita basis, if you want perdanticism.)
Ebay are just covering their hides though, because they aren't doing THEIR side properly either - if they were serious, they'd call in the Classifications Board and/or Federal Police - in fact, they're OBLIGED TO by law.
Just by putting that notice, they're in breech of the law themselves.
If they don't, and the police turn up on your door without being referred to by THEM, you can drag Ebay for breeching the rules as well. If nothing else, you can share the dock with an Ebay execuitive. Might give them an incentive to defend you, if it ever came to that.
But yeah, unfortunately, we're being run by the Church of Rudd, from what I can tell. What really sucks though is that the other team seem no better...
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Essentially if you can make out certain bits (or percieve to) and just about anything other than straight sex is depicted, it gets knocked up to X 18+, and unless you're in Canberra or the Northern Territory, you're not allowed to sell it. Queensland has an understanding that it won't really bother enforcing it though, from what I understand, and South Australia, well... they brown bag R18+ movies, so take that as you will.
So essentially the only people with relaxed pornography laws are the politicans, (And a territory who statisically can't really afford pornography on a percapita basis, if you want perdanticism.)
Ebay are just covering their hides though, because they aren't doing THEIR side properly either - if they were serious, they'd call in the Classifications Board and/or Federal Police - in fact, they're OBLIGED TO by law.
Just by putting that notice, they're in breech of the law themselves.
If they don't, and the police turn up on your door without being referred to by THEM, you can drag Ebay for breeching the rules as well. If nothing else, you can share the dock with an Ebay execuitive. Might give them an incentive to defend you, if it ever came to that.
But yeah, unfortunately, we're being run by the Church of Rudd, from what I can tell. What really sucks though is that the other team seem no better...