I've been wondering, what sort of story content would fall under PG15? I'm pretty familiar with PG and R ratings, but I'm kinda fuzzy on this in-between-looking rating.
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In the film industry...
PG13 can be for mild violence, language or "adult" situations that fall short of R.
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Exactly
I can't call it PG13 because that is a Service Mark. (They can't trademark simple single letters.)
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So, if it is the exact "PG13" which is trademarked
How about calling yours "PG12+1"?
Ah, pooop that is more time consuming than "PG15" anyway.
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Doesn't that also apply to
PG ?
By using PG 15 is it still directly referring to PG rating, is PG a problem?
PG15?
I thought that the ratings were G, PG, PG-13, R, X.
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Almost, but no
The trademarked ratings are P, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17.
They originally didn't trademark X because the only movies that needed it failed the ratings/ standards test of the time. If you wanted to release an adult only film you didn't send it in to be rated, you just slapped an X on it yourself. Because of this it had become community property, and they then couldn't go back and trademark it. In the 80's they came up with NC-17 so that 'art' films with adult themes could separate themselves from porn.
The reason they're talking about PG-15 is because the author wants to put a warning about the type of content without violating the trademark on PG-13.
G, not P
From Wikipedia
Rated G: General Audiences – All Ages Admitted.
Rated PG: Parental Guidance Suggested – Some Material May Not be Suitable for Children.
Rated PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some Material May be Inappropriate for Children Under 13.
Rated R: Restricted – Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian.
Rated NC-17: No One 17 and Under Admitted.
Typo...
Typo...
PG-13 - (sm) = PG15
Ah! Think I have it now. I'd sorta been guessing that the PG15 rating for stories here might be a more mature version of the PG-13 rating for movies. I also didn't realize PG-13 was a service mark (sm). Thanks for your help, everyone! :)