Rodney Gedda from Techworld wrote an interesting article today about the newfound relationship between IT and the sex industry.  He writes that the two have bonded over the Government’s proposed net filtering scheme, which they say will harm the industry:

“In meetings I had with Senator Conroy last year he indicated that they had no intention of banning non-violent erotica or X-rated material,” Patten said. “But that is not the case — the ACMA Web site lists the types of material that will ‘qualify’ for the blacklist. This includes material that would be rated X (18+).

“… They also state that the blacklist will only contain 10,000 sites. One wonders how they will choose from the millions of sexually explicit sites out there,” Patten said.

As for child pornography that is already deemed illegal, the Sex Party believes the filter will not reduce the amount of child abuse material out there because it is generally only available via P2P networks.

“I would like to see them spending more of their resources on catching the bastards that are creating this material,” Patten said.

Read more of this article here.