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South Korea criminalizes 'boosting' with new law
Boosting — basically one person playing on another's account to rank them up — is going to be a criminal offense in South Korea with some stiff punishments awaiting the booster.
The new measure comes courtesy of an amendment to the country's Game Industry Promotion Act, reports The Daily Dot. That law was passed in June 2017. This new measure was developed in collaboration with the video games industry in the country and will punish boosters with a fine of up to 20 million won, which is roughly $18,000. They also get a two-year suspended prison sentence.
[...] The act goes into effect in six months, and defines a "proxy game" as "an act that interferes with the normal operation of the game by arranging or providing the service to acquire the score or performance of the game in a way that is not approved by the game-related business operated."
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Monday December 10 2018, @06:45PM (6 children)
While it may sound crazy, it's not terribly surprising, if you know that South Korea is really big into "E-Sports." "In 2015 it was estimated by SuperData Research that the global esports industry generated revenue of around US$748.8 million that year. Asia is the leading esports market with over $321 million in revenue, North America is around $224 million, and Europe has $172 million and the rest of the world for about $29 million.[165] Global esports revenue is estimated to reach $1.9 billion by 2018." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports [wikipedia.org] "For South Korea, E-Sports Is National Pastime" https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/technology/league-of-legends-south-korea-epicenter-esports.html?_r=0 [nytimes.com]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @06:56PM (5 children)
Never has something so inconsequential generated so much Sturm and Drang to the bedazzlement of so many for so long.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @07:19PM (4 children)
I can think of two: religion and sports (you know the physical ones)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @08:34PM
Let us not forget reality TV.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday December 10 2018, @11:56PM (2 children)
Add politics to your list. Equally inconsequential, I bet generates even more "Sturm and Drang" than religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 11 2018, @05:42PM (1 child)
Politics? Inconsequential? I can assure you that the decisions politicians make definitely do have consequences for just about everyone's life. Hence the problem.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 11 2018, @10:41PM
Has discussions about it brought anything of value lately?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford