New Video Game Decency Act introduced in Congress
A new bill that mirrors one from last year has been proposed by Michigan congressman Fred Upton. Upton filed H.R. 1531, or the Video Game Decency Act of 2007, late last week.
This piece of federal legislation will make it illegal for game developers to hide content in the hope of gaining a less restrictive ESRB rating.
According to GamePolitics, the bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, of which Upton is a member. Upton was also one of the major critics who raised their voices against the Hot Coffee scandal. Part of H.R. 1531 reads like this:
It shall be unlawful… to… distribute… any video game that contains a rating label… for that video game where the person, with the intent of obtaining a less restrictive age-based content rating, failed to disclose content of the video game that was required to be disclosed to the independent ratings organization…
Upton’s original 2006 bill was designed to give the FTC “the authority to impose civil penalties.”
Via GamePolitics
A new bill that mirrors one from last year has been proposed by Michigan congressman Fred Upton. Upton filed H.R. 1531, or the Video Game Decency Act of 2007, late last week.
This piece of federal legislation will make it illegal for game developers to hide content in the hope of gaining a less restrictive ESRB rating.
According to GamePolitics, the bill has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, of which Upton is a member. Upton was also one of the major critics who raised their voices against the Hot Coffee scandal. Part of H.R. 1531 reads like this:
It shall be unlawful… to… distribute… any video game that contains a rating label… for that video game where the person, with the intent of obtaining a less restrictive age-based content rating, failed to disclose content of the video game that was required to be disclosed to the independent ratings organization…
Upton’s original 2006 bill was designed to give the FTC “the authority to impose civil penalties.”
Via GamePolitics
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