It’s rare that a court’s verdict pleases both sides.

A lawsuit aimed at ending Indonesia’s Film Censorship Board was defeated April 30. But the filmmakers who opposed the suit could still celebrate because the court ruled a new assessment system is “needed urgently” to encourage more creativity in the country’s cinema, according to Agence France Presse (AFP).

The censorship board, as Indonesia’s editorial authority, cuts scenes it finds violent or overly sexual from movies and television shows. AFP said board supporters saw the ruling as a victory for Islamic religious values.

A close reading of the ruling doesn’t quite match up with that interpretation. The court found the law authorizing the censorship board is “not in line with modern times” but said it cannot do away with the board until a new system of assessing films is in place.

Opponents of the board argued it should be replaced with another film board that would use a standard rating system and let people decide for themselves whether to see a film.

The United States went through its own film censorship code throughout the “Golden Age of Hollywood” in the 1940s and 1950s until the influx of foreign films which were exempt watered down the provisions and it was scrapped in 1968 for the current ratings system.

Indonesian filmmaker Rivai Riza told AFP the court’s ruling gave hope to Indonesia’s film industry. He pointed to a dissenting judge’s opinion that censorship violates Indonesian constitutional rights of communicating and acquiring information.

“The decision was clear that our request was rejected but we are happy that there is at least a rational dissenting opinion. This means that the democratic process worked,” he said.

Does your country use a censorship board or ratings system to alert viewers to potentially offensive material? How’s that working for you?