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Originally Posted by MicShazam
It could be a version of the album that has a DVD with music videos. They would have to rate it as video if there was a bonus video with something warranting a rating.
It could even be part of the cover artwork, now that I'm looking at it... is that possible?
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Yeah, usually it would only be the DVD version containing the rating. Even then, I thought most music and documentary videos are generally excempt from classification, with exceptions. I own a DVD version of Oasis's Definitely Maybe and Green Day's International Supervideos, and both have "E" on them, even though some songs contain explicit lyrics. Some live DVDs are given a 15 rating, though some rap content may warrant a higher rating (I don't listen to much so I wouldn't know for sure).
In my opinion the BBFC's nanny state model seems very outdated, sort of the thing that was adopted in the 80s and never taken off the books, even though it's difficult to enforce in the digital age. Unfortunately, the current government seems to want its powers increased rather than reduced, which I thinks a stupid decision, especially since they're a centre-right party (centre right people love the economy to thrive, right?). If I was the British prime minister, I'd be replacing the BBFC with a non-enforceable voluntary guidance system.