User blog:Ponyo Fan/Whoopsie. We're breaking the law.

The official MPAA guideline
The G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 rating symbols and legends, including the Trailer Tags, are Certification marks registered by the MPAA with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In order to ensure that the public is aware of the status of each of these marks, use of the standard trademark notice ® is required on materials issued to the public which include any of the rating marks. The rating symbols and legends may not be self-applied and may only be used with the authorization of the MPAA in connection with motion pictures that have been rated by CARA, in accordance with these Rules and the CARA Rules. The unauthorized use of the MPAA’s rating symbols and other marks constitutes trademark infringement, creates public confusion and is a violation of these Rules. Prior to its approval, advertising material may include draft rating information for preliminary review, provided such materials are not distributed to the public until a final approval is given by the Advertising Administration.

What this means
Our current rating system is breaking the law by using the MPAA's patented symbols and the MPAA could sue us at any time.

Ideas

 * Use the non-copyrighted fictionratings.com rating system, not allowing any content over Fiction T (Fiction M material would have to be approved case-by-case)
 * Make our own rating system
 * Keep using this rating system and hope in the meantime we don't get sued.

Thoughts?