The National Association of the Motion Picture Industry (NAMPI) was an American film industry self-regulatory body created by the Hollywood studios in 1916 to answer demands for film censorship by states and municipalities.
[1][2][3] The system consisted of a series of "Thirteen Points", a list of subjects and storylines they promised to avoid.
[1] However, there was no method of enforcement if a studio film violated the Thirteen Points content restrictions.
NAMPI was ineffective and was replaced when the studios hired Will H. Hays to oversee the film content restrictions in 1922.
[6] Nonetheless, in as much as two-thirds of movie houses had been closed by local boards of health, the Association decided to halt the release of new features.