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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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @09:13PM (3 children)
technically playing a game where a public record of player activity is kept, using someone else's account is similar to school cheating, where you write someone else's essay or similar. I.e. in the neighbourhood of identity fraud.
I honestly don't think it should be a criminal offence unless the named player uses the reputation that they haven't worked for in order to obtain material gains afterwards, but whatever.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @09:21PM (2 children)
"technically playing a game where a public record of player activity is kept, "
So letting someone else play asteroids on my quarter is equivalent to school cheeting because the high scores are displayed publically.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Monday December 10 2018, @10:41PM
Yeah... I think of it like loaning some of my tools to my neighbor.
Big F...... Deal.
In my book, I am only doing those things I learned as a child...
Life is much better if we share the toys and look out for each other. The fastest way to pull problems onto yourself is by making problems for someone else.
I would rather have good neighbors than anything. Money is a huge pain in the ass if I have to spend my life trying to keep it.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 11 2018, @06:25AM
I didn't use the word equivalent.
and it matters whether you introduce your name for the high score after playing asteroids, or at the beginning (I know for sure that some games allow you to put in the name after you reach a high score).