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Bill: Video Game Content Ratings
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hobrazian Socialist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2452
Description[?]:
| We at the CSA LDSP believe that video games should have content ratings on them so as to give an indication as to whether parents should buy games appropriate to their child's age. We all know that young children- under the age of 12- can be influenced by video games a lot and the LDSP believes that video game content ratings will help parents to identify bad-influencing games for their children. 3+ - Games for all (especially educational games and games for babies and small children). 7+ - Childrens video games (can include educational programs and games). 12+ - video games for young teenagers. 16+ - Video games for teenagers. 18+ - All adult video games (not including pornographic games). P(18+) - Adult video games with pornographic content and purpose. At the same time we establish the Video Games Censorship Agency (VGCA) who shall decide which video games will go in which category. The VGCA will take into consideration topics such as sexuality, violence, language, substance (tobacco, alcohol and drugs), humour, gambling together with the themes and purposes of the video game before deciding on the category of the game. Their decision shall be clearly viewable on the finished product so consumers easily can seperate the games from each other. However it is also perfectly legal to buy a video game which might not be age appropriate for your child. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of video games.
Old value:: The government does not regulate video games.
Current: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Proposed: The government does not maintain laws as to age limitation for purchasing video games, although it does require a content rating to be clearly displayed on the box.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:50:14, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Video Game Content Ratings |
| Message | I could easily change the ratings right now- so post on what you think should be changed in this bill. |
| Date | 22:24:00, September 06, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Peoples Party | To | Debating the Video Game Content Ratings |
| Message | We advice the legislation to take a stance on the sale of video games. Games are created with different purposes and with different themes and content. Thus we should establish a scale to differ between the content of video games and who we allow to purchase such games. We suggest to implement this legislation: The government maintains strict age limitation laws that require proof of age before sales of video games may be made. We propose a scale as follows: 3+ - Games for all (especially educational games and games for babies and small children). 7+ - Childrens video games (can include educational programs and games). 12+ - video games for young teenagers. 16+ - Video games for teenagers. 18+ - All adult video games (not including pornographic games). P(18+) - Adult video games with pornographic content and purpose. At the same time we establish the Video Games Censorship Agency (VGCA) who shall decide which video games will go in which category. The VGCA will take into consideration topics such as sexuality, violence, language, substance (tobacco, alcohol and drugs), humour, gambling together with the themes and purposes of the video game before deciding on the category of the game. Their decision shall be clearly viewable on the finished product so consumers easily can seperate the games from each other. Sellers of video games must also require a proof of age from the customer before the sale can be made. In this way we can avoid unwanted and unnessecary problems with unintended content in video games. |
| Date | 09:04:36, September 07, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Video Game Content Ratings |
| Message | Agreed,although we would support enforceable laws on this matter. |
| Date | 18:57:46, September 07, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Socialist Party | To | Debating the Video Game Content Ratings |
| Message | The reason we don't want enforceable laws would be the difficulty of regulating all these sales + I believe that parents should also have a say in what's appropriate or not for their own child. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 122 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 225 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 53 |
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