Funny that someone from Belgium reported the proper (?) ratings for the United Kingdom.  I wonder if the users from that locality agree with this initiative...

Quoting Daddy DVD:

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Funny that someone from Belgium reported the proper (?) ratings for the United Kingdom.  I wonder if the users from that locality agree with this initiative...

I did think it a little odd, since UK users had already posted and clarified the UK ratings earlier in the thread. I guess it was useful to clear up the exemption thing though.

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Quoting Daddy DVD:

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Funny that someone from Belgium reported the proper (?) ratings for the United Kingdom.  I wonder if the users from that locality agree with this initiative...

I did think it a little odd, since UK users had already posted and clarified the UK ratings earlier in the thread. I guess it was useful to clear up the exemption thing though.

It certainly was. I Found it also good to show the official logo's. Perhaps Ken could include those and from the other localities to. Did you notice the difference:

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U      Suitable for All Ages "1">
Uc    Suitable for All Ages "1">

and
    Suitable for pre-school children (-4)  (only used for video or DVD)
      Suitable for aged 4 and over

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PG    Parental Guidence  No Defined Age given

and
    Parental Guidence, should not disturb a child aged around 8 or older

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I Found it also good to show the official logo's. Perhaps Ken could include those and from the other localities to.

The BBFC logos are copyrighted so I doubt Ken would be able to include them.

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Thailand passed a new ratings system back in December 2007 by the ruling government:

P - Promotional, film is educational and viewing is encouraged for all Thai people.

The one Thai disc in my library happened to have this new P rating:



(yes, it really is a photocopy onto generic label paper then applied to the sleeve... while the studio's emblem went to the trouble of using a holographic sticker.  )

Wow, always learning something new!  Never would have guessed it's not the rating... and certainly otherwise would have incorrectly contributed it as such after the new ratings system came live (forbid they ever also have Mr G. signing off on these too!)

Quoting Assassin:

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<Locality Description="Germany" ID="5">

<Ratings Description="Film & Television">
<Rating Name="FSK 0" Description="Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung" Age="0"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 6" Description="Freigegeben ab 6 Jahren" Age="6"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 12" Description="Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren" Age="12"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 16" Description="Freigegeben ab 16 Jahren" Age="16"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 18" Description="Freigegeben ab 18 Jahren" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="KJ" Description="Keine Jugendfreigabe" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="SPIO/JK KSJ" Description="SPIO/JK geprüft: keine schwere Jugendgefährdung" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="SPIO/JK SU" Description="SPIO/JK geprüft: strafrechtlich unbedenklich" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="INFO" Description="Infoprogramm gemäß §14 JuSchG" Age="0"/>
<Rating Name="LEHR" Description="Lehrprogramm gemäß §14 JuSchG" Age="0"/>
<Rating Name="Ungeprüft" Description="Ungeprüft" Age="-"/>
</Ratings>

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<Rating Name="SPIO/JK KSJ" Description="SPIO/JK geprüft: keine schwere Jugendgefährdung" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="SPIO/JK SU" Description="SPIO/JK geprüft: strafrechtlich unbedenklich" Age="18"/>

These two are not ratings in Germany and shouldn't be included as such. Only the FSK can rate movies in Germany, so both "Ratings" above must be considered NR.

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<Rating Name="Ungeprüft" Description="Ungeprüft" Age="-"/>

This is also unnecessary. It's just the german translation of NR. Since both Adult and NR are already included as available options there is no need to include it another time.

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<Locality Description="Germany" ID="5">

<Ratings Description="Film & Television">
<Rating Name="FSK 0" Description="Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung" Age="0"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 6" Description="Freigegeben ab 6 Jahren" Age="6"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 12" Description="Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren" Age="12"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 16" Description="Freigegeben ab 16 Jahren" Age="16"/>
<Rating Name="FSK 18" Description="Freigegeben ab 18 Jahren" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="KJ" Description="Keine Jugendfreigabe" Age="18"/>
<Rating Name="INFO" Description="Infoprogramm gemäß §14 JuSchG" Age="0"/>
<Rating Name="LEHR" Description="Lehrprogramm gemäß §14 JuSchG" Age="0"/>
</Ratings>

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I bought Slither some time ago, it says 11 on the cover, on the plastic wrapping it had a sticker that said 15 (later corrected). VET's site says "incorrect rating fixed". So should i recontribute it with a wrong rating? Wouldnt that be against the whole reason why we have ratings in the first place?

The way i see it, its a similar case with the old ones.

An error in the VET's rating decision is a rare exception. I believe that Slither's current rating should be corrected to 15.

Currently you can't buy new DVD's with the old ratings but you probably have some DVDs bought 2000 and earlier. Those DVDs still have the old rating symbol printed on the case. That information is as valuable historical information as scans of the original covers, original SRP and release date.

If and when these new ratings in DVDP come effective, we all have the chance to use only the current ratings locally.

I wholeheartedly agree on this. The rules say that we should use the markings from the DVD cover. That alone requires us to use BOTH the old ratings and the new ones. For us to be able to go by the rules, the program should be adapted to allow that - especially as in this case, the inclusion of both the old and new ratings doesn't make the list all too long.

Any user who wants to use new ratings for DVD-releases published under the old ratings, should make use of e.g. tags for relevances between the classifications for his/her benefit. I am opposed to any use of new ratings for releases that have ratings of old classification printed on them, and also for any multiselection list for ratings (that user could use the old rating AND a new rating that he/she thinks is relevant to the old one.)