The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism is currently preparing a law that will outlaw virtual item trades, and farming items for commercial use. This means that botters who rack up millions of gold and spam channels will become criminals. The law is aimed …
South Korea is known as one of the most impressive online gaming countries due to their cities having speeds that are regulated and kept high, and online gaming is a huge deal there. The anticipated Diablo 3 however has caused an explosion of anger among the …
As you are aware, the Supreme Court had recently declared the violent videogame bill in California unconstitutional, and the Entertainment Software Association who fought against the law all the way to the Supreme Court racked up over one million dollars in legal fees. Because California lost, …
The United States Senate is currently considering bill S.978 (PDF), which amends the criminal penalty for copyright violations. Specifically, streaming copyrighted content. According to the bill, public performance of copyrighted material by electronic means ten or more times in a 180 day period can carry a …
According to gamingconsolenetwork, the Sheriff’s Department in Okaloosa county, Florida, is forcing Gamestop to be subject to the laws that are applied to pawn shops. However, there are multiple people who are in strong objection to this. Most of them on the concept of privacy, even …
The gaming market in Australia is subject to uncommon bouts of international controversy over censorship of games, and effectively banning games that would be given an 18+ rating such as the infamous Grand Theft Auto series.