euro news_news 30/08/2013 12:24 Page 2
Industry Trust, BBFC aid safe content search
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he UK film, TV and video industry has joined forces with the British Board of Film Classification to launch a campaign to provide clarity for parents when it comes to accessing films, TV and video safely, legally and age-appropriately on the Internet. The Industry Trust for IP Awareness, which represents the film, TV and video industry in the UK, has collaborated with the British Board of Film Classification as part of their ongoing commitment to educate consumers about the wealth of legal services for film, TV and video content.
This comes as new research commissioned to launch the campaign reveals the extent to which children and teens across the country are downloading or streaming films from illegal pirate websites, with many disturbed by what they are viewing. One in five young film fans (18%) admit they have been disturbed by the movies they have watched on pirate websites and two thirds (65%) wish they had checked the film’s official age rating first. While almost half of children and teens (42%) admit to being aware of rules in place at home designed to restrict what they can and can’t look at on the internet, the research shows a quarter (25%) download or stream movies from unofficial sources, which offer no guidance on age ratings. The online study asked 1,000 UK 11-15year-olds about their online viewing habits: l A third (37%) of younger children aged 11-12 admit to having recently downloaded or streamed a film rated 15 from a pirate website l One in five 11-15 year olds (21%) say they use pirate websites to keep up with
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