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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 27 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ken,
The UK edition of the new Celine Dion DVD Live in Las Vegas A New Day is rated as exempt from classification. Is it possible to add an "E" or "Ex" in the rating menu for such DVDs.
Thanks
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 670 |
| | Posted: | | | | I believe that is what the "NR" (Not Rated) is for..? | | | | The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet. (William Gibson) |
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| Registered: March 23, 2007 |  Posts: 317 |
| | Posted: | | | | Subtly different from the US concept (and probably others) of not rated (NR), but NR is what get' used in place of Ex. It would be better if it were relabeled.
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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | I too would like the addition of E (Exempt from Classification) as a rating.
NR (Not rated) is an American rating system, and should not be available as an option when contributing non-rated R2 movies. | | | Berak
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 1,998 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Berak: Quote:
I too would like the addition of E (Exempt from Classification) as a rating.
NR (Not rated) is an American rating system, and should not be available as an option when contributing non-rated R2 movies. Agree |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 810 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Berak: Quote:
I too would like the addition of E (Exempt from Classification) as a rating.
NR (Not rated) is an American rating system, and should not be available as an option when contributing non-rated R2 movies. No, NR means that it has not been rated. In the US you don't have to submit a film to a ratings board before having it shown and/or selling it on DVD. The MPAA is a private group that rates movies for its members; film studios and theaters. It was started as a run-around of the US government starting a rating system. You will find lots of pre-1968 films that were never rated by the MPAA (and many that were submitted long after first release). Television shows are not rated by the MPAA either. After saying all of that, I agree that for localities like the UK adding 'E' would be a good thing. pdf | | | Paul Francis
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 97 |
| | Posted: | | | | Ditto.
For UK titles we should not be using NR. We need an E classification.
It should also be quite easy to impliment. All UK titles with a classification of NR can be changed to E - since there should be no titles released without a BBFC rating. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eggerty: Quote:
All UK titles with a classification of NR can be changed to E - since there should be no titles released without a BBFC rating. Not technically right. It's the distributor's decision to make a DVD "Exempt", not the BBFC's. So the E rating is actually our version of NR as it hasn't been rated (or classified) either. But I agree with the request anyway, it would be nice for UK DVDs to show E instead of NR. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Sorry North but technically it is an Offence under "The Video Recordings Act" 1984
subsection 9 and 10 that no recordings are legal in the UK market domain that do not carry a rating certificate even the exempt ones are required by law brought into effect 1st March 1987 that they must all be rated.
Yes you are correct in-so-far as the BBFC don't rate "E" (Exempt) material as defined by the material manufacturer, but if the content is examined by anybody (legal body or private individual) and deemed to be wrongly rated they can if so wish relate the title / manufacturer etc to the BBFC who are then compelled to examine said material and pass a ruling.
Which is why for anybody else reading this that a lot of the current titles that have been deemed as UK locality profiles are incorrectly profiled, just because its a music DVD or a documentary DVD doesn't make it a legit UK profile unless it contains the "E" (Exempt) marking.
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Isn't that roughly what I said? I just didn't go into all the details about it.
I just wanted to correct the misnomer that E is a BBFC rating - it's not.
Of course you're right that if someone gets caught putting an E on a DVD that should be rated then they are in big trouble. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 8,736 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Joebugs: Quote:
The UK edition of the new Celine Dion DVD Live in Las Vegas A New Day is rated as exempt from classification. Is it possible to add an "E" or "Ex" in the rating menu for such DVDs. I don't know if this has been pointed out elsewhere, but the "E" rating has now been added to the program. |
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