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Korea May Restrict Minors From Gaming Over Three Hours
Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Korea, MMOs, Legal Cases, Videogame Restrictions (all tags)
The policy would ban accounts that played over three hours a day or two hours consecutively.
South Korea is pretty intense when it comes to restricting how long and when videogames are played by minors. There are already measures in place that stop kids from logging in to MMOs after hours, but things might go even further.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is considering a new law that would stop kids from playing more than two hours consecutively or a total of three hours a day. The idea is that cutting down the amount of time that kids have to play games will prevent them from becoming addicted. Of course, this raises the ire of folks that contend that theories on game addiction have no scientific basis.
There are already two measures in place from different segments of Korea's government , which one game industry representative says is redundant. Well, plenty probably say it, but this one was quoted. "Making similar policies from three different ministries does not make any sense at all," the rep says. "The two shutdown systems... should be repealed if MEST's regulation is reasonable."
Source: Gamasutra
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Korea May Restrict Minors From Gaming Over Three Hours
Mon Jan 30, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Korea, MMOs, Legal Cases, Videogame Restrictions (all tags)
The policy would ban accounts that played over three hours a day or two hours consecutively.
South Korea is pretty intense when it comes to restricting how long and when videogames are played by minors. There are already measures in place that stop kids from logging in to MMOs after hours, but things might go even further.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is considering a new law that would stop kids from playing more than two hours consecutively or a total of three hours a day. The idea is that cutting down the amount of time that kids have to play games will prevent them from becoming addicted. Of course, this raises the ire of folks that contend that theories on game addiction have no scientific basis.
There are already two measures in place from different segments of Korea's government , which one game industry representative says is redundant. Well, plenty probably say it, but this one was quoted. "Making similar policies from three different ministries does not make any sense at all," the rep says. "The two shutdown systems... should be repealed if MEST's regulation is reasonable."
Source: Gamasutra
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California Must Pay $950,000 to ESA Over Unconstitutional Law
Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Leland Yee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ESA, Legal Cases (all tags)
Another attempt to criminalize sales of Mature rated games went down in flames and cost California dearly.
The ESA has been catching a lot of flak over the whole SOPA/PIPA thing, but they really do have the game industry's back in many other case. One such example is in a law that California's Leland Yee and Arnold Schwarzenegger were trying to pass. Said law would have made it a crime to sell Mature rated games to minors.
The ESA stepped in quickly and took California to court to settle the issue. After quite a bit of time in the court system, the ESA won out and the law was declared unconstitutional. As a result, the state of California has to shell out $950,000 to the ESA. That's a total of $1,230,000 they've collected from California in the last few years.
"Senator Yee and Governor Schwarzenegger wasted more than $1 million in taxpayer funds at a time when Californians could ill afford it," says ESA president Michael D. Gallagher.
Source: GameSpot
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California Must Pay $950,000 to ESA Over Unconstitutional Law
Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Leland Yee, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ESA, Legal Cases (all tags)
Another attempt to criminalize sales of Mature rated games went down in flames and cost California dearly.
The ESA has been catching a lot of flak over the whole SOPA/PIPA thing, but they really do have the game industry's back in many other case. One such example is in a law that California's Leland Yee and Arnold Schwarzenegger were trying to pass. Said law would have made it a crime to sell Mature rated games to minors.
The ESA stepped in quickly and took California to court to settle the issue. After quite a bit of time in the court system, the ESA won out and the law was declared unconstitutional. As a result, the state of California has to shell out $950,000 to the ESA. That's a total of $1,230,000 they've collected from California in the last few years.
"Senator Yee and Governor Schwarzenegger wasted more than $1 million in taxpayer funds at a time when Californians could ill afford it," says ESA president Michael D. Gallagher.
Source: GameSpot
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Samsung Pleads Guilty in Price Fixing Case
Tue Mar 22, 2011 at 04:00 PM ETTags: Samsung, Legal Cases (all tags)
The company was fined a whopping $32 million.
Samsung is the first company to be officially fined in the price fixing scandal that took place between 1997 and 2006. Samsung SDI agreed to plead guilty to the charges and pay the significant penalty.
In addition to Samsung - the first company to be found guilty - six individuals have been indicted for price fixing. Another 22 executives and eight companies have been charged and the investigation is still happening.
The US Justice Department's statement on the matter is pretty straightforward. "Samsung SDI and co-conspirators exchanged CDT sales, production, market share and pricing information for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing adherence to their agreements."
Source: PhysOrg (via Crunch Gear
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PlayStation 3 Banned in Europe - Shipments Seized
Wed Mar 02, 2011 at 10:00 AM ETTags: PlayStation 3, LG, Legal Cases (all tags)
A patent dispute between Sony and LG could mean a complete shutdown of European sales.
Lawsuits are nothing strange to major tech companies, but results are. Usually something like the current patent dispute between Sony and LG would be settled out of court, but it looks like things are starting to heat up.
A preliminary ruling in the Hague demands that all PlayStation 3s coming into Europe be confiscated by officials. Tens of thousands of systems have been seized already, according to the Guardian.
If the court decides to extend the injunction, retailers will have to start pulling PS3s off of the shelf. Potentially even worse for Sony, if the company is found to have infringed on LG's patents, Sony will have make financial compensation. That means LG will get a cut of every PS3 sold to date.
Source: Guardian
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Vizio Wins US Customs Ruling – No Infringement Found
Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM ETTags: Vizio, Legal Cases, Industry News, HDTVs (all tags)
A huge victory for Vizio, but it’s not over yet.
In an ongoing legal battle between Vizio and Funai, the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency ruled that Vizio’s televisions do not violate any copyrights held by Funai and that Vizio may continue importing their line of HDTVs.
”We are pleased that Funai's ill-advised tactics continue to falter and are being rejected by the U.S. authorities; we are determined and remain unshaken by merit-less claims from foreign competitors.” says Laynie Newsome, Co-Founder & Vice President of Sales and Marketing Communications in a recent press release. “In light of Funai's abusive actions, which were apparently anti-competitive in nature, designed to tortuously harm VIZIO's interests, we shall fully defend against any such claims and seek all appropriate remedies. In addition to recovering damages for such wanton behaviors, we shall hold the accused patent infringers, like Funai, accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
Looks like Vizio’s going to keep this one going all 12 rounds.
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