Guess who’s behind an Indiana moral crusade?

The Vanderburgh County, Indiana, County Prosecutor is trying to save the children by banning anything above a “G” rating from Redbox, and other inexpensive, automated video rental systems—going so far as to backhandedly threaten a grocery store with a Class D felony.

But, as Consumerist points out, the real “brains” behind this effort isn’t parents, or even a particularly zealous religious group. It’s video rental stores, which stand to profit if $1-per-DVD-per-day Redbox can’t dispense anything other than cartoons.

“I’m not on a crusade,” said Paul Black, an Evansville attorney who says he suggested the inquiry to Levco’s office on behalf of a client who operates several video store locations. “We’re just looking for a level playing field here.”

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