The document discusses the regulation of music videos, highlighting notable bans due to explicit content and the evolving societal perceptions surrounding such content. It mentions specific examples, including Eminem's and David Bowie's videos, and outlines the roles of regulatory bodies like the BBFC and Ofcom in ensuring age classifications for music videos during a pilot scheme in the UK. The text raises concerns about the impact of easy access to explicit content on children's mental health and emphasizes the need for parental controls.

1. Music
video
regulation

2. The unknown banned music videos
Many music videos have been banned
over time due to explicit content such as
nudity, drugs, violence etc.
Eminem- just loose it
Was After Michael Jackson personally called Eminem's depiction of him
"inappropriate and disrespectful," Black Entertainment Television decided to ban the
2004 video, which at one point depicted a noseless Jackson on a bed full of children.
While Pee-wee Herman, Vanilla Ice and Madonna are also lampooned, the timing was
worse for Jackson, who was then battling child molestation charges.

3. David Bowie- “the next day”
When YouTube banned David Bowie's music video
for "The Next Day," it seemed ironic, since the site
is normally the best place to see once-banned
videos. But YouTube says it's cool with Bowie now
– that banning his racy, bloody, religious-themed
video was a mistake.

4. The changes through time
So how have ideas and regulations changed through
time?
What people see as unacceptable or as part of a
movement or as something that should be accepted
in todays society.
Its sometimes difficult to distinguish between
exploitation and empowerment. It is also difficult to
define cultural appreciation and disrespecting a
culture/religion/gender/race.
Over time ideas develop and cultures evolve. Music
videos open up the controversy and representation
of todays ideological concerns.

5. But who is in charge of
regulating music videos?
• There is an organisation called the BBFC that
controls the regulation of music videos. They don’t
tend to add age restrictions unless they contain
adult content.
• Ofcom regulate what goes on our tv screen- if
people do not like what they are seeing they can
complain directly of OFCOM. Ofcom operates under
the communications act of 2003.
• YouTube can decide whether an artist video is
inappropriate for their website. This means that the
artist cannot upload it to their official channel,
however the video may find its way on to the
website through unofficial channels.

6. Will age classifications for music
videos work?
• David Cameron has announced age ratings for music videos in the UK. But will a 15 or
R18 label really protect children from the latest Rihanna spectacle? And could
censorship do more harm than good?
• According to the powers that be, music videos are now so subversive that they require
film-style age certificates. From 1 October, UK-based internet users will be subject to a
three-month pilot scheme that will see UK-produced music videos (and attendant hard
copy releases of videos via DVDs and CDs) stamped with 12, 15, 18 or R18 certificates.
The music video trial is being led by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC),
working with Google, BPI (the body representing the UK music industry), two major
video platforms (Vevo and YouTube) and three major labels: Sony, Warner and
Universal.
• Critics have pointed out that videos made outside the UK will avoid this scrutiny,
compromising the pilot’s effectiveness, though the long-term plans will rectify this by
expanding to include all music videos, says David Austin, BBFC’s assistant director. The
long-term aim is to warn consumers about the content they view online, and to give
parents a degree of control over what their children are exposed to, by enabling filters
to be set on home computers and mobile devices.

7. I believe that parents have reasonable cause to
be worried for their children's safety when it
comes to music videos online. The
accessibility of music videos has become even
more easy to watch and find. The lack of age
restrictions on videos on YouTube and tv
channels make it so much easier for young
children to be openly accidently exposed to
explicit content which could be seen as
damaging to the future of a child's confidence
and mental health. Issues like eating disorders
in young girls have been thought to stem from
the ideal people created by pop stars and
music videos.