ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Disappointing L4D2 demo released; write to the Minister!
The Australian version of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo has been released, and the highly cut version is a bitter disappointment for many Australian gamers. First impressions from Australian gamers indicates that the highly-censored version results in a vastly inferior atmosphere to the original, uncut version. The lack of…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Australia's lack of an R 18+ rating
Asher Moses is reporting on the outrage caused by leaked footage of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which allows players to play the part of a terrorist as part of a cut-scene. Once again, this story really shows how expressive video games can be. They’re constructed, like films, to…
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EFA Annual Report for 2009
The EFA Board has released its annual report to members for the year 2008/09. The EFA AGM will be held on 16 November 2009. Thank you all for all of your continued support throughout the year. — Nic Suzor, EFA Chair
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A short story about the olympics and non-commercial CC photos
Richard Giles has a few posts on his blog about a matter you may have heard about. Richard took some photographs at the Beijing Olympics and posted them on his Flickr account. Last week he was sent a rather forceful cease and desist letter from the IOC, which he also…
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Senate Interception (Network Security) Amendments submission
EFA will shortly make a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 (Cth). We previously made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department on the exposure draft of this Bill. We are happy to say that our concerns were addressed…
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Left 4 Dead 2 reclassified MA15+, no longer banned
The Classification Board appears to have reclassified Left 4 Dead 2 to MA15+, the highest rating level in Australia. The good news is that L4D2 is now cleared to be distributed in Australia. The sad news is that adult Australian gamers are still restricted from playing games that we deem…