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As part of a new initiative dubbed “Operation: Game Over," more than 3,500 registered sex offenders were banned from online gaming. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman made the announcement today, adding that participants in the program include: Microsoft, Apple, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive Media Group, Warner Brothers and Sony. “We must ensure online video game systems do not become a digital playground for dangerous predators. That means doing everything possible to block sex offenders from using gaming networks as a vehicle to prey on underage victims,” said Schneiderman. “I applaud all the companies participating in this first-of-its-kind initiative for taking online safety seriously and purging their networks of sex offenders. Together we are making the online community safer for our children, not allowing it to become a 21st century crime scene.” Operation: Game Over is the first time the law has been applied to online video game systems. Convicted sex offenders in New York must register all of e-mail addresses, screen names, accounts so websites can remove potential predators. Gaming companies have now agreed to remove their game accounts as well. “At Microsoft, we continually evaluate ways to manage safety for our 40 million Xbox live members and particularly for children on our service," said Rich Wallis, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Microsoft. "Our partnership with the Office of the New York Attorney General helps further this cause. "By leveraging the online identity information all registered sex offenders are required to provide, we are able to help reduce potentially harmful situations. We’re supportive of Attorney General Schneiderman’s efforts to make the Internet, including online gaming environments like Xbox Live, safer for everyone.” The Entertainment Software Association SVP Christian Genetski said, “Our industry welcomes appropriate efforts allowing people of all ages to play games in a safer environment. Online game play with friends is a social experience and we encourage parents to be aware of what games their children are enjoying and with whom they are interacting in the virtual space. "Through the use of robust parental controls and awareness of the online world, playing games online can be a fulfilling and rich experience.” |
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4/06/12 1:39:22 AM#2
Damn sucks for them I guess Yes I played SWTOR. |
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4/06/12 5:56:41 AM#3
Considering what it takes to be a registered sex offender this is pretty stupid. If you were caught by a cop, getting a bj from your girlfriend behind some bushes in a park a late evening then you can become a registered sex offender. That's just one out of many ways one can get on that list. Not every sex offender is a child predator |
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4/06/12 6:02:54 AM#4
don't know what to make of this. on one hand i completly agree with this and think it's a very positive thing. on the other it seems very big brother ish. |
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4/06/12 6:15:30 AM#5
Originally posted by Starpower Something tells me you know exactly how false this statement is, so I will leave it at that. As for the OP, I do not have a problem with the state doing this. Unfortunately, it is so easy to work around that it will basically be useless and almost impossible to enforce except after the fact of a predator getting caught again. "If half of what you tell me is a lie, how can I believe any of it?" |
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4/06/12 6:16:53 AM#6
Hmm, good or bad depends on your definition of "sex offender". Looking how anal (no pun intended) sex offenses can be in the US I don't think this is such a great idea. Not sure about this but I once read an article about a 21ish year old guy having a normal relationship with a 17 year old girl and that making him a sex offender as well. I think that is slightly draconic, but whatever ... They should only restrict this to the actual "predators", who have been convicted for stalking and trying to groom minors (or worse). |
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4/06/12 6:22:31 AM#7
Originally posted by DarkPony um, yeah a 21 year old with a 17yr old is considered rape. and the 21yr old would be considered, and is a predator. the 17yr is a minor. |
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Vesavius
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Joined: 3/08/04
Players come for the game, but they stay for the people- Most Devs have forgotten this. |
4/06/12 6:27:38 AM#8
Originally posted by brody71
this is true in the US? Or does it depend on state? wow, didnt know that. In the UK this would be perfectally legal. |
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4/06/12 6:27:56 AM#9
Why do legislators bother passing laws whose constitiutionality will only be overturned on first appeal? Waste of everyone's time and money, in an effort to garner some easy feelgood votes. Ignore the nattering of beldames, enjoy whatever you like. |
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4/06/12 6:30:02 AM#10
Originally posted by Vesavius yes 18 is legal adult age. |
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4/06/12 6:31:18 AM#11
Good in theory. Later on in practice, anyone they don't like is banned. And labelled a deviant that shouldn't be allowed to do anything unless they do as they are told like a good Internet junkie, here's your dose for behaving.
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4/06/12 6:32:30 AM#12
Originally posted by brody71 Exactly, stuff like that. The girl probably is his senior in mental age anyway but the guy can never play online games again because of them having a relationship ... That's kind of crazy in my eyes. Where's the law separating people like that from the actual predators who are actually convicted for online grooming of minors?
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4/06/12 6:34:36 AM#13
Originally posted by DarkPony considering the article states "3500" offenders. i think there are some limits in place. i think New York City has more sex offenders than 3500. and that quote is for the whole state. |
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Vesavius
Old School
Joined: 3/08/04
Players come for the game, but they stay for the people- Most Devs have forgotten this. |
4/06/12 6:37:05 AM#14
Originally posted by brody71
Same as here, though the age of sexual consent is 16. |
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4/06/12 6:37:38 AM#15
Originally posted by brody71 Hmm, yeah, could be. Let's hope so for the sake of sanity.
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4/06/12 6:43:12 AM#16
Originally posted by DarkPony First off, age of legal consent varies according to which state you are in. Most states seem to have set it at 18, but some states still allow 14 year olds to marry. The thing is, where do you set the standard? When is a child old enough to make "adult" decisions? When are they old enough to make these decisions without caving to "pressure" of some sort? The funny this is, I can remember thinking how grown up I was at 16 and yet by the age of 20 I realised I was an idiot kid that made way more than my fair share of immature decisions in my later teenage years. Even funnier is that every adult old enough, and mature enough, to laugh at themselves has told me the exact same thing. So like I said earlier, I have no problem with this law other than it is basically a useless law since it will not be enforceable. "If half of what you tell me is a lie, how can I believe any of it?" |
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Elsabolts
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Joined: 10/03/06
Life Liberty and the Pursuit of those that would threaten It |
4/06/12 6:45:39 AM#17
Something tells me that Lawyer's this way come.
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4/06/12 6:46:14 AM#18
Originally posted by Vesavius + 1
Age of sexual consent is diffrent from legal adult age in many countries. Heck even in some (just in some though) states in USA is lower than legal adult age. In some countries it is even taken far. For example age of sexual consent depends on what age second peerson you have sex is. Cause it is uterrly (imho) stupid for in example 18 year old go to prison & punished for having sex with other person which is for example 16-17 year old.
In some countries it is done like for example: - legal age - 18 - general age of sexual consent - 16 (but under more law protection till 18 , ie law is sticter towards predator if some problem arise) BUT - age of sexual consent can be f.e 15 if second person is 17-18 ,etc
Law obviosuly have to give boundaries but at same time it have to be sane. Cause punishing very severely one person of sleeping with "minor" when diffrence between them is like 1-3 years is dumb in first place.
End of rant.
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4/06/12 6:52:47 AM#19
Good luck with that. They can hardly stop repeat offenders now what did they thin this is going to do? I understand the intent but how about focusing on something that would bring money into the state by legalizing marijuana? Then maybe they would have the funds to be able to enforce something like this. |
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4/06/12 6:55:35 AM#20
Originally posted by GMan3 I agree there is some ignorance going on here but it's not coming from me
Look up California Penal Code Section 314
Public Lewdness and Obscenity Even being charged and convicted for a misdemeanor will have the effect of being registered as a sex offender for life.
Even if you somehow still believe you are "right". Try and look up any sexual offender list for any given area. Then notice the charges. Not all of them involve minors, being a flasher or a peeping tom. FBIs site has lists, maps names and criminal charges open for public viewing btw. If you look up some of them in Oklahoma, you wil even see some charged with peeing in public as being sexual offenders. Imagine that
Now if your point was that there is a "filter" of some sort then I agree there "may be" one. For now that's just an assumption
Probably a good thing you were going to "leave it at that" before you embarressed yourself any further
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