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Originally posted by notjoe
So it is illegal but it isnt enforced because of who is behind the plants? or is it just not enforced because it is porn?
Like i said, i am only going on what i know/heard from people i talk to, granted im not an assuie but i do know Canadian laws and Aussie laws are very close.
When we were doing our homework, pricing out replication machines, warehouses and whatnot we spoke to some friends in the business and that is basicaLly what it amounted to.
There is no doubt in my mind that it is easier to replicate something for your general area, and much cheaper once you factor in shipping and whatnot,
Again, i was just going on what i've been told and it was from multiple sources, so, if indeed i am wrong then i am wrong and it is as simple as that! 
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I think it's less to do with who's behind them and more to do with it not being enforced because it is porn and video piracy isn't really as important to cops as other stuff, hence the reward money on the private video cover.
Sounds to me like it's just the people you spoke to reflecting a lasse faire attitude to porn copyrights not their legal opinion.
I tell you what though.. I will make some calls tomorrow to find a 100% definate position from the eros foundation or electronic frontiers.. because I am a little reticent at calling all your contacts dodgy fuckers, especially from multiple sources - they may have found some loophole which needs to be examined. I could end up eating my hat, but I doubt it - as sad as it is, there are a lot of dodgy guys here in that arena, and it's more likely that they're not accepting copyright breach for the infraction that it is, also maybe they were trying to keep you out of the market or some such thing.
also when the free trade thing is finalised there will be no difference at all even if they have found some legal work-around.
You've got me thinking in conspiracies now about anti porn politicians removing adult copyright to prevent a local porn production scene getting too big. But it wouldn't neccessarily work anyway.. the only thing I can think of is that extreme porn that is essentially illegal probably isn't protected by copyright and maybe your contacts are beasty distro's or something. Or maybe the way they distro'd beasty or scat filtered into the way they worked with everything else.. ok im getting to caught up into bullshit..
I'll keep you posted