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Old 12-23-2001, 06:35 PM   #5
MaggieL
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I'm not speaking about "age of consent"...

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Originally posted by jaguar
a: Its not illegal
b: I'm not underage in the sense that you mean.
"An ABA declaration setting out minimum system requirements for restricted access systems was tabled in Parliament on 7 December 1999.

"Restricted access systems are adult verification devices that allow only people who are 18 years or older to access adult material on the Internet. Restricted access systems protect children from exposure to material that may be unsuitable for them.

"The declaration sets out the process by which a person can gain access to Internet content that is likely to be rated 'R' by the Classification Board. It relies on credit card validation as a means to check that a person is 18 years or older.

"Internet content hosted in Australia that is likely to be classified 'R' and not protected by a compliant restricted access system is potentially prohibited content. If the ABA receives a complaint about that content after 1 January 2000, it may direct the relevant Internet content host to remove that material from its service."

--from http://www.aba.gov.au/internet/regul...ted_access.htm

"Does the Australian law apply to content outside Australia?

"Yes, but only content that is complained about to the ABA and that in the ABA's opinion is prohibited content, that is, content that is or would be classified X or NVE or Refused Classification. (The ABA is not required to obtain a classification from the OFLC for content outside Australia.)

"Content that is or would be classified R and that is hosted outside Australia is not covered by the law at all."

-from http://libertus.net/liberty/faq_auscens1.html#oscontent

So....if The Cellar were hosted in .au, we'd all have to avoid being "R" rated until an age-fliter that kept under-18s out was implemented. As it is, we're OK as long as we're only "R " ...and nobody in .au complains. :-) If they did, and we were found to be worse than R, we could be filtered out.

The problem with satin sheets is mostly for guys who have traction problems on a low-friction surface. I'd recommend hooking toes somewhere between the mattress and the footboard. Waterbeds can be helpful in this circumstance; rather like getting your foot under the gunwale of an inflatable raft when going whitewater.
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