{"id":683108,"date":"2010-03-04T18:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10002864"},"modified":"2010-03-04T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:37:15","slug":"indiana-prosecutor-wants-pg-pg-13-and-r-rated-movies-out-of-redbox-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/683108","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Prosecutor Wants PG, PG-13, And R-Rated Movies Out Of Redbox Kiosks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/4343022345_61f24930a5_m-thumb-156x117-37768.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>Redbox kiosks are cheap and convenient sources for DVD rentals. And, according to a prosecutor in southern Indiana, they&#8217;re corrupting our children. Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Stanley Levco has sent letters threatening legal action against retailers providing space to Redbox and MovieCube kiosks. The problem? Automated kiosks don&#8217;t have enough safeguards preventing minors from renting material that could theoretically harm them.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In Vanderburgh County, one letter &#8212; addressed to the general manager of a Schnuck&#8217;s grocery store and dated Jan. 27 &#8212; cites an Indiana law prohibiting dissemination of matter harmful to minors, a Class D felony. It says that category might include adult-rated videos in that store&#8217;s MovieCube kiosk, a Redbox competitor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We suggest that the machine or machines dispensing these materials at your location no longer provide access to videos, movies, games&#8221; and other material that are unrated or have ratings of R or even PG, the letter says. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Limiting kiosks&#8217; selection to only G-rated movies certainly limits their usefulness and relevance, and means that renters will need to turn to brick-and-mortar video stores to rent movies with adult content. We&#8217;re sure it&#8217;s just a coincidence that the idea for the prosecutor&#8217;s action against video kiosks came from an attorney representing the owner of several Indiana video stores.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not on a crusade,&#8221; said Paul Black, an Evansville attorney who says he suggested the inquiry to Levco&#8217;s office on behalf of a client who operates several video store locations. &#8220;We&#8217;re just looking for a level playing field here.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/2794224.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/answers.polldaddy.com\/poll\/2794224\/\">Should R-rated movies be available in kiosks?<\/a><span style=\"font-size:9px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\">poll<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/article\/20100303\/NEWS02\/3030382\/Movie-rental-kiosks-in-Vanderburgh-County-hit-with-legal-threat\">Movie rental kiosks in Vanderburgh County hit with legal threat<\/a> [Courier-Journal] <em>(Thanks, Rob!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Redbox kiosks are cheap and convenient sources for DVD rentals. And, according to a prosecutor in southern Indiana, they&#8217;re corrupting our children. Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Stanley Levco has sent letters threatening legal action against retailers providing space to Redbox and MovieCube kiosks. The problem? Automated kiosks don&#8217;t have enough safeguards preventing minors from renting material [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2758,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2RHS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}