Representative Kim Yun-deok proposes a bill to improve the efficiency of classification of game products
Oct 30, 2024
A bill has been proposed to improve the efficiency of classification of game products.
Rep. Kim Yoon-deok (Democratic Party of Korea) announced on the 30th that it has proposed a bill to allow prior reporting of the revision of the contents of the game and to enhance the efficiency and professionalism of the classification of game products.
Under the current law, if the contents of game products that have been classified are revised, they are required to report them to the Game Management Committee within 24 hours and to receive a new classification if they need to change the rating of the revised game products, but among the more than 3,000 game modifications reported every year, only one-tenth of them needs to be changed, lawmaker Kim said.
Contrary to the original purpose, the game product revision reporting system puts an unnecessary burden on the game industry and the game product management committee, and because the subject of revision is unclear and ambiguous, the industry is reporting minor revisions such as simple typos and font changes due to the burden of fines.
In addition, the scope of game products that can be entrusted to designated organizations is limited to all 12 and 15 years old users, and as in the case where private organizations are in charge of all rating categories like overseas, demands are being raised to improve related systems to enable private consignment of all game products.
Representative Kim said, "In January this year, a policy was announced to gradually transfer the Game Rating Board's authority to classify game products to the private sector, but games that have not been judged to be used by the current Game Content Rating Board must be reviewed for juvenile unavailability through deliberation by the Game Committee again." "Since handling all grades by one agency will increase the efficiency of administrative processing, the bill includes expanding the authority to classify games that are not available to teenagers by the private sector."
"We will continue to come up with improvement plans suitable for the industry trend of game rating classification and work on revising related bills sequentially so that private transfer can be successfully established."
Rep. Kim Yoon-deok (Democratic Party of Korea) announced on the 30th that it has proposed a bill to allow prior reporting of the revision of the contents of the game and to enhance the efficiency and professionalism of the classification of game products.
Under the current law, if the contents of game products that have been classified are revised, they are required to report them to the Game Management Committee within 24 hours and to receive a new classification if they need to change the rating of the revised game products, but among the more than 3,000 game modifications reported every year, only one-tenth of them needs to be changed, lawmaker Kim said.
Contrary to the original purpose, the game product revision reporting system puts an unnecessary burden on the game industry and the game product management committee, and because the subject of revision is unclear and ambiguous, the industry is reporting minor revisions such as simple typos and font changes due to the burden of fines.
In addition, the scope of game products that can be entrusted to designated organizations is limited to all 12 and 15 years old users, and as in the case where private organizations are in charge of all rating categories like overseas, demands are being raised to improve related systems to enable private consignment of all game products.
Representative Kim said, "In January this year, a policy was announced to gradually transfer the Game Rating Board's authority to classify game products to the private sector, but games that have not been judged to be used by the current Game Content Rating Board must be reviewed for juvenile unavailability through deliberation by the Game Committee again." "Since handling all grades by one agency will increase the efficiency of administrative processing, the bill includes expanding the authority to classify games that are not available to teenagers by the private sector."
"We will continue to come up with improvement plans suitable for the industry trend of game rating classification and work on revising related bills sequentially so that private transfer can be successfully established."
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