OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
read more
David Swan
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 13:07
Over 500 zombies dragged through Sydney's streets on Saturday in protest at the gaming classifications in Australia and calling for an R18+ ratings classification for video games.
Australia is still the only Western nation that does not have an R18+ classification for video games.
The event was planned by Facebook group Aus Gamers United and was a ghoulishly good time, scaring many passersby and hopefully Australia's Attorney Generals, if the organisers have their way.
The event's organiser, Rhys Wilson, wrote "…the serious reason we're putting the walk together is for the lack of an R rating for video games we have here in Aus. Someone needs to bring to attention how unfair this is to the gaming Industry and gamers ourselves. So why not us?".
The same group conducted a similar event last year, but this year’s was significantly bigger. The November 2009 march had only 177 confirmed guests, and while the new rally boasted 1,123 confirmed guests, it appeared between fiver and six hundred showed up.
The "Epic Zombie March" began at Sydney's Hyde Park Fountain at 11am and ran through to 4pm. No brains were harmed, certainly at least not from playing video games, in the opinions of the organisers.
Image courtesy of Nicholas Milano.
Loading comments ...
 |
Microsoft Office 365Try an easy-to-use set of web-enabled tools for business-class productivity services. Office 365 provides anywhere-access to email, important documents, contacts, and calendars on almost any device.  |
