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Oklahoma State Rep Wants to Tax Violent Videogames
Fri Feb 03, 2012 at 12:30 PM ETTags: Bully, Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, Videogame Violence, Videogame Restrictions, Videogame Laws (all tags)
Teen, Mature and Adult Only games could face an extra tax when sold in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains, is also the state where state reps try to pass legislature taxing the sale of videogames. The bill would charge a one percent tax on the sale of any games rated Teen, Mature and Adult Only.
The bill was introduced into Oklahoma state representative Will Fourkiller - yes, that's his real name - in order to fight childhood obesity and game inspired violence. He doesn't mention, of course, that kids spending unreasonable amounts of time playing videogames is almost certainly a symptom of a bigger problem.
Fourkiller says that games like the 2001 release 'Bully' and 'Grand Theft Auto' inspired the initiative. "A gentleman shot a police officer and stole his car," he says. "He had been playing Grand Theft Auto. Not everybody is going to react the same, but I believe after hours and hours of watching the screen, playing the video game, being that person and taking on that role, people get desensitized."
Fourkiller believes this despite the fact that science has found no cause-effect relationship between violent games and violent behavior.
The bill will be read before the house on February 6th. If you happen to live in Oklahoma, it's time to make some calls and shoot off some emails.
Source: GameSpot
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Oklahoma State Rep Wants to Tax Violent Videogames
Fri Feb 03, 2012 at 12:30 PM ETTags: Bully, Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, Videogame Violence, Videogame Restrictions, Videogame Laws (all tags)
Teen, Mature and Adult Only games could face an extra tax when sold in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains, is also the state where state reps try to pass legislature taxing the sale of videogames. The bill would charge a one percent tax on the sale of any games rated Teen, Mature and Adult Only.
The bill was introduced into Oklahoma state representative Will Fourkiller - yes, that's his real name - in order to fight childhood obesity and game inspired violence. He doesn't mention, of course, that kids spending unreasonable amounts of time playing videogames is almost certainly a symptom of a bigger problem.
Fourkiller says that games like the 2001 release 'Bully' and 'Grand Theft Auto' inspired the initiative. "A gentleman shot a police officer and stole his car," he says. "He had been playing Grand Theft Auto. Not everybody is going to react the same, but I believe after hours and hours of watching the screen, playing the video game, being that person and taking on that role, people get desensitized."
Fourkiller believes this despite the fact that science has found no cause-effect relationship between violent games and violent behavior.
The bill will be read before the house on February 6th. If you happen to live in Oklahoma, it's time to make some calls and shoot off some emails.
Source: GameSpot
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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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