Germany expands gaming ban proposal to whole EU
If the German Government has its way, we could be looking at an EU-wide ban on violent games. It has taken the initiative to the European Commission‘s justice minsters, requesting for more control over violent gaming across the 27 countries in the Union.
“A certain degree of linkage between the growing violence among the younger generation and the growing diffusion of violent games exists,” said European Justice commissioner Franco Frattini during Dresden meeting last Tuesday.
In connection with their initiative, the German Government announced it was conducting a study of each of the country’s rules governing video gaming. The study is hoped to help establish a centralized ruling system.
“The Commission wants to see a combination of outright bans on the most violent games, together with minimum age rules on other titles,” Frattini said.
In related news, the Interactive Software Federation of Europe objected to the proposed ban. While they agreed on Frattini’s reiteration of protecting children from bad influences, they strongly proposed an age-rating system much like in movies instead of outright prohibition
It will be remembered that Bavaria’s Gunther Beckstein had made a similar statement, when he called for the ban of violent games like Counter-Strike and Call of Duty 3 in Germany last year. Consider this your latest news from the country that’s brought us Heckler & Koch, Mauser, Walther…
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If the German Government has its way, we could be looking at an EU-wide ban on violent games. It has taken the initiative to the European Commission‘s justice minsters, requesting for more control over violent gaming across the 27 countries in the Union.
“A certain degree of linkage between the growing violence among the younger generation and the growing diffusion of violent games exists,” said European Justice commissioner Franco Frattini during Dresden meeting last Tuesday.
In connection with their initiative, the German Government announced it was conducting a study of each of the country’s rules governing video gaming. The study is hoped to help establish a centralized ruling system.
“The Commission wants to see a combination of outright bans on the most violent games, together with minimum age rules on other titles,” Frattini said.
In related news, the Interactive Software Federation of Europe objected to the proposed ban. While they agreed on Frattini’s reiteration of protecting children from bad influences, they strongly proposed an age-rating system much like in movies instead of outright prohibition
It will be remembered that Bavaria’s Gunther Beckstein had made a similar statement, when he called for the ban of violent games like Counter-Strike and Call of Duty 3 in Germany last year. Consider this your latest news from the country that’s brought us Heckler & Koch, Mauser, Walther…
Via Info World
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