Oasis soon to be illegal in Australia?

this is speculating a bit, but the licensing of films (as opposed to videos, DVDs etc) surely derives from the fact that venues like cinemas, theatres, clubs etc need to get LOCAL licenses, and it's more convenient for everyone (inc.film-makers) if there's one committee per country setting the standards on whether [a] is lewd and [b] is fit for kids blah blah. (In the UK, theatre used to rated by the Lord Chancellor, I think until abt 1967, when they realised that no one under 30 gave a toss about theatre any more haha)

so it's as much as anything a historical hangover (as well as generally still somewhat convenient niche-marketing wise) that all film-related product gets a once-for-all rating from a central official body

CD-rating (parental advisory etc) is done by the record companies themselves, isn't it? presumably on the same market logic that irons are sold with the instructions "warning: do not iron clothes while you are wearing them" — ie to avoid opportunistic litigation) PLUS it's a good signal to send to slipknot fans that they will lurve this rekkid

sorry i didn't complete the first point: once the films are rated, then a cinema's local licence can be dependent on "will only show films of this rated type, never that", thus if a multiplex suddenly starts screening hardcore porn, it will be delicensed even though the Adult Movie Theatre in the very next street continues to run happily unbothered

rating stuff for adults only makes kids want it more too

Or maybe Classic, dud and Oasis.
I'll only endorse this system if you could explain how 'dud' and 'Oasis' are two different things.