INTRODUCTION

The Classification and Rating Administration ("CARA") and the Classification and Rating Appeals Board were established by the Motion Picture Association, Inc. ("MPA") and the National Association of Theatre Owners, Inc. ("NATO") as part of a voluntary system to provide information to parents to aid them in determining the suitability of individual motion pictures for viewing by their children. CARA is operated as an independent division of MPA. The CARA Rating Board issues ratings for motion pictures exhibited and distributed in the United States.

The Rating Board does not determine the content that may be included in motion pictures by filmmakers, nor does it evaluate the quality or social value of motion pictures. By issuing a rating, it seeks to inform parents of the level of certain content in a motion picture (violence, sex, drugs, language, thematic material, adult activities, etc.) that parents may deem inappropriate for viewing by their children. It is not CARA's purpose to prescribe socially-appropriate values or to suggest any evolution of the values held by American parents, but instead to reflect the current values of the majority of American parents, so that parents benefit from and feel fairly informed by the ratings system.

The members of the MPA and NATO are not involved in the Rating Board's determination of the ratings assigned to individual motion pictures. The Rating Board is self-supporting, based on fees it receives from producers and distributors of motion pictures submitted for rating. Those fees are assessed in relation to the negative cost of the submitted motion picture and the submitting party's yearly aggregate gross income from motion picture distribution.

Following are the Rules that govern the functioning of the rating system. They are intended to provide guidance to producers, distributors and exhibitors as well as to members of the public about the operation of the rating system and the meaning of the ratings.

ARTICLE I ORGANIZATION OF CLASSIFICATION AND RATING

ADMINISTRATION

A. As outlined in these Rules, CARA rates motion pictures intended to be exhibited and distributed commercially to the public in the United States to provide parents information concerning the content of those motion pictures to help them determine each motion picture's suitability for viewing by their children.

B. The Rating Board of CARA is comprised as follows:

(1) A Chairperson, appointed by the Chairman of the MPA with the concurrence of the President of NATO, who is ultimately responsible for the rating of all motion pictures submitted to CARA and for the operation and administration of CARA.

(2) Appropriate staff members, one of whom is designated Administrative Director by the Chairperson. 2 Classification and Rating Rules Effective July 24, 2020

(3) Senior Raters, selected by the Chairperson from among the Raters, who have demonstrated experience and judgment in the rating of motion pictures. Senior Raters lead the deliberations of the Raters that result in the rating of individual motion pictures, then communicate with the rating contact for ratings about those motion pictures and ensure continuity and consistency of the ratings system.

(4) Raters, who participate in the rating of individual motion pictures together with the Chairperson and the Senior Raters. Raters serve for up to seven years, at the discretion of the Chairperson. The Chairperson attempts to select a group of Raters who represent the diversity of American parents.

C. Each member of the Rating Board must be a parent and may not have any other affiliation with the entertainment industry. The Chairperson and Senior Raters may have children of any age. Raters must have children between the ages of five and fifteen when they join the Rating Board and must leave the Rating Board when all of their children have reached the age of twenty-one.

D. The Chairperson of CARA will develop and maintain a curriculum of relevant materials for the initial training of Raters and for periodic review with them of the standards applied by the majority of American parents to determine the motion picture content suitable for viewing by their children.

E. The identities of the Chairperson of CARA and of the Senior Raters will be disclosed to the public and to producers and distributors who submit motion pictures for rating by CARA. The identity of the other Raters will not be disclosed, to protect them from being subject to pressure from members of the public and producers and distributors of motion pictures with respect to the rating of individual motion pictures.