Voluntary rules or guidelines often have a considerable influence over what may or may not be seen, and in fact may determine how it is shaped in the first place. Here are examples from voluntary, nongovernmental codes and filtering criteria that might have an impact on artistic distribution or expression. These codes are current as of January 2000. Consider the works presented in the Flashpoints section of the Culture Shock Web site. If the primary member has activated YRV on the account, then only members older than 17 may rent these products.
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The label is a nonremovable logo that record companies voluntarily place on products to better inform consumers and retailers while also protecting the rights of artists. Recording Industry of America, a trade association, explains its voluntary warning system . Pictures exposing any or all portions of the human genitalia. Also includes phone sex ads, dating services, personal ads, adult CD-ROM's and adult videos. Pictures showing, text or audio describing anyone or anything which are crudely vulgar or grossly deficient in civility or which show scatological impropriety.