Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Video Games codes of practice and regulations

Links to different counrties code of conduct and regulations information:

Ofcom
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/ukcode/ukcode.pdf
Ofcom is a site which offers information and advice on the entertainment industries rating system and it also offers information on the different laws and industry documents.
PEGI
http://www.pegionline.eu/en/index/id/media/pdf/197.pdf
PEGI rate a large number of entertainment products including video and computer games, it is used throughout Europe and has the support of the European Commission.

ESRB
http://www.esrb.org/index-js.jsp
A non-profit organisation who assign independant ratings for video games and help promote better online privacy within the interactive entertainment industry.

TIGRS
http://www.tigrs.org/
A self rating system for video games and entertainment products, they allow the developers to rate their own games and it is up to the developers to warn the audience about certain content, the games that use this system mainly include online internet games.

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