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Date Posted: Tue, Apr 13 2004, 14:51:04
Author: Dragoness Eclectic
Subject: Re: XXX vs. NC-17 Rating
In reply to: MKIceman 's message, "XXX vs. NC-17 Rating" on Mon, Apr 12 2004, 14:21:27

>>It may be the only way to be able to freely criticize
>>NC-17 litter--er, "literature", but I'm just pointing
>>out it is not a no-brainer, easy solution. Ownership
>>has its own issues, beyond paying the bills.
>
>Again, the majority of badfic being criticized, these
>days, is above NC-17. Just take a look at the old
>GAFF board. Easy solution around XXX difficulties
>would be to restrict GAFFers from posting anything
>about anything above the NC-17 rating. But, from what
>I have seen, GAFF would never support censorship of
>itself.

Erm, the only "NC-17" definition I know of is the film one, and it is a blanket definition covering EVERYTHING "nastier" than "R". It replaced the old X rating which was the only film rating beyond "R"; anything else, "XXX", etc, was self-rated for marketing purposes by porn film marketers. "XXX" was not a regulatory rating, it was an advertising come-on, and doesn't mean much as a definition of story content.

Which is to say, there is nothing "beyond NC-17", since NC-17 covers it all.

--dragoness

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