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World of Warcraft no longer legally for sale in Australia

Source: WOW Insider

Feb 04, 2009

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Filed under: Blizzard, News items, Economy

One of the major stories that is breaking today around the internet is the fact that in Australia a number of MMOs are no longer legally able to be sold. This is due to their lack of classification, things like M for Mature, PG, 18+, etc...

Our sister site Massively covered this extensively last week, and Tateru Nino's article on it has been picked up by the editors over at Slashdot. This is in particular interest to World of Warcraft folks in that WoW doesn't have a classification, and thus cannot be legally sold in Australia.

According to Tateru's research, the only two MMOs that are presently available for Australia are Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and EVE Online.

If someone was to sell WoW in Australia, they would face a possible penalty of AU$27,220.80 or two years in jail.

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World of Warcraft no longer legally for sale in Australia originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.