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Originally Posted by Lewis_T
For sure, I also know many stores in QLD that have copped the fine and still continue to do business. Its hoops and barrels, if it becomes legal to sell X rated, hopefully the cost of approval changes, currently its about $800 AUD (not sure what it costs elsewhere) to classify an adult dvd, usually the content creator will use a distributor to release the DVD's out, which if you have a good distributor gives about $3 - $4 a dvd to you if your lucky, most of the time it is much less, can be hard to make money when there is little demand, high cost of production and then an approval fee.
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Unfortunately classification fees are set to rise on films this year.
As for DVD sales, our retail figures have DVD's at a 5 year high in sales. I know Club X is doing very well with DVD sales too. I don't know about smaller stores. Much of the market for adult DVD's still does not have streaming to the bedroom, the largest group of people buying DVD's are couples who walk into our stores and take home a toy and dvd. I expect DVD sales to do quite well until people have internet streaming to their bedrooms.
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Originally Posted by lucas131
somebody died there or what? or why it tooks that long? crocodile dundee?
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We had a recalcitrant Attorney General in the state of South Australia, he refused to agree for his state to sell X Rated videos or to allow R Rated video games. R Rated video games legislation has recently passed the Federal Parliament, which now makes Video Game ratings fall in line with video ratings. Hardcore Porn is rated X in Australia and currently can only be sold from the territories (not states). The window is now open for States to allow the sale of X Rated videos, which all states have now agreed to, So we are basically waiting for Federal Parliament to move legislation forward on this.
I know the politics sounds complex, that's because it is. Censorship is something the States and the Federal parliament must agree on. Unless all States agree to a change nothing can happen and we have been stalled for 10 years on this issue.