Parental Warning Label and Age

DarkNinja75 · Post by **DarkNinja75** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:28 pm

I was wondering if the Parental Warning label makes it so by law you have to be a certain age to buy the cd, as is with M rated games. Does anyone know?

KirinRiotCrash · Post by **KirinRiotCrash** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:28 pm

I really don't think there's a law or anything regarding this but some stores enforce this rule that you have to be 16 (18 in a few stores) or older to purchase music that has the parental advisory logo ... or have a parent present before purchase.

In terms of some online music stores, like iTunes, as long you have a credit card or gift certificate, you can purchase music with explicit lyrics regardless of age. So I doubt the law about age limiting in regards to music is well enforced versus that of R-rated movies or M-rated games. Different stores have different policies so it might be best to ask.

Hope that helps.

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:47 pm

Depends on the store, or rather the cashier.

DarkNinja75 · Post by **DarkNinja75** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:50 pm

Alright, thanks. I was just wondering in case I wanted to buy a CD that I'd heard good things about and it may have contained that label.

Harlock7876 · Post by **Harlock7876** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:03 pm

Maybe you can get the CD if you spit out profanities at the store.
If you can use them (even more effectively) then why can't you buy it?

Gimme the friggin god damn CD you mutha fuckin, cock suckin, butt lickin, shitty-ass bag whore, please.

Aurora304 · Post by **Aurora304** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:32 am

Harlock7876 wrote:Gimme the friggin god damn CD you mutha fuckin, cock suckin, butt lickin, shitty-ass bag whore, please.

I SO want to do that.

Can't forget the please at the end ^_^

CerebralAssamite · Post by **CerebralAssamite** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:52 am

Try buying a cd when the its cover art is banned by your government.. its hard to get any violent or sexual art conent on a cd here... oh well though i guess i shouldnt complain since i started ordering it directly from the US

Brsrk · Post by **Brsrk** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:20 pm

Mebbe cause there's explicit lyrics and uber amounts of blood and gore and violence and language?

SS3_Eldrin · Post by **SS3_Eldrin** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:54 am

BrsrkEva wrote:Mebbe cause there's explicit lyrics and uber amounts of blood and gore and violence and language?

I kinda agree with CA on that one, the cd's i think he ment (if not im sorry) are those that arent sold in umm the normal "family" cd store, its underground metal that would never ever in 100000000000000 years be seen in a family store, i think some circumstances could be handled differently.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:18 pm

As I recall, the warning is there so that parents can make "informed decisions" about what they are buying and letting their children listen to.

This assumes, of course, that the parents aren't out to lunch in the first place, and are actually involved enough to scrutinize what their children listen to in the first place.

It doesn't, to my knowledge, have any legal bearing on whether or not a retailer can sell the CD to a minor.

As mentioned previously, it really depends on the store policy - many stores would rather not deal with the hassle of irate parents coming in and being like "YOU LET MY CHILD BUY CANNIBAL CORPSE SO IMA GONNA SUE YOU!"