In 2009, the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, a German governmental agency responsible for listing works that could potentially harm youths, had decided that one of the songs of the album, "Ich Tu Dir Weh," as well as the pictures in the booklet accompanying the CD, were "brutalizing" and "immoral." The entire album was indexed. Once a work gets listed by the organization, it may not be advertised and can only be sold under strict conditions - limiting its potential success.
Rammstein claims it had to destroy or store nearly 85,000 copies of the album following this classification. Now the band wants to recover the damages. However, it remains unclear why the band has decided to file the lawsuit only now, seven years after the indexing.
The album did not remain on the index. The Administrative Court in Cologne removed the album from the list of morally harmful works after half a year, claiming the classification to be unlawful, as it neglected considerations of artistic freedom in its decision.
The martial, exaggerated portrayal of violence is a trademark style of the band, determined the court. Such staged representations are so distorted that they cannot be considered "realistic excesses of violence."
The case will be heard in court in the summer.
Yea I know that's a silly reason. They shouldn't really worry about it, heck they have another album coming soon that should sell just as much anyway. As for Germany trying to keep it away from kids. I don't know I thought with computers these days they would be buying it on Amazon or downloading it. So really what's stopping most of them from getting their music?