Here in the United States, we mainly just grandstand when it comes to legal limits on violent entertainment and kids. But in England, it's serious parliamentary business.

The Video Regulations Act (VRA) was brought in by Margaret Thatcher's government and set down that videos and video games must be classified and age rated by the British Board of Film Classification. It made it illegal to sell violent video games to children and the most explicit adult films could be sold only in licensed sex shops.

At least that's the way it's supposed to work. But while developing a project to boost broadband coverage, the UK government discovered that -- oops! -- the law is null and void because they hadn't notified the European Commission.

According to the country's Culture, Media, and Sport Minister, it will take three months to re-do it the right way. Hear that, all you British kids? Get your copies of Manhunter while the gettin's good!

(Thanks Dr. Bob!)