‘Shut down system’ to be discussed in Constitutional Court…Constitutional violation to be clear
Kim Soo Yeon | newsnews@ | 2017-12-22 11:31:55
The constitutional amendment that the `shutdown system`, which forcibly blocks online game access at the middle of the night, is unconstitutional will be raised again.
According to industry sources on December 21, the Cultural Solidarity, a civic group, plans to appeal the Constitutional Court`s appeal to the Constitutional Court early next year. As Moon Jae-in, the government`s voices for alleviating game regulation have increased, the move to eliminate the shutdown system, which is regarded as a representative regulation, is being resilient to the game industry.
The shutdown system introduced in November 2011 by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Protection Article 26 (1) is a regulation that forcibly blocks online game access for juveniles under 16 years old from midnight to 6 am the next day.
There has been a previous request for judgment of the Constitutional Court to determine whether the shutdown system is unconstitutional. In October and November 2011, the Cultural Solidarity Meanwhile, Association and the Game Industry Association respectively requested a judgment on constitutional appeal, saying that the regulation violated the right to pursue happiness, the right to education, and the right to equality. At the time, the Constitutional Court ruled that the provision of the Juvenile Protection Act, which stipulated the shutdown system, was not recognized as directly infringing the fundamental rights.
Besides, considering the characteristics of Internet games with high usage rates and high addictiveness among young people, introducing a shutdown system for the healthy growth of adolescents and prevention of Internet game addiction and the freedom of performance.
This time, the Cultural Solidarity is preparing to file an appeal for constitutional amendment focusing on the fact that the right to pursue happiness is seriously infringed by the shutdown system. The right to pursue happiness is a provision of Article 10 of the Constitution that all citizens should have the right to pursue happiness and the state must guarantee it.
"The right of the youth to pursue happiness is being seriously inflicted on the government due to the unilateral game use time limit of the government," he said. "He said.
The industry expects to see a different decision than five years ago if the shutdown related constitutional amendment goes ahead next year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has established a game regulation improvement council, released an analysis report on the effectiveness of shutdown, and initiated a bill to abolish the shutdown of the National Assembly.
An industry expert said, "Since the introduction of the shutdown system, negative perceptions of the game have spread more and this has led to a contraction in the game industry." If the lawsuit against the regulation comes up again, I do not think it will be different from the previous one."
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According to industry sources on December 21, the Cultural Solidarity, a civic group, plans to appeal the Constitutional Court`s appeal to the Constitutional Court early next year. As Moon Jae-in, the government`s voices for alleviating game regulation have increased, the move to eliminate the shutdown system, which is regarded as a representative regulation, is being resilient to the game industry.
The shutdown system introduced in November 2011 by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Protection Article 26 (1) is a regulation that forcibly blocks online game access for juveniles under 16 years old from midnight to 6 am the next day.
There has been a previous request for judgment of the Constitutional Court to determine whether the shutdown system is unconstitutional. In October and November 2011, the Cultural Solidarity Meanwhile, Association and the Game Industry Association respectively requested a judgment on constitutional appeal, saying that the regulation violated the right to pursue happiness, the right to education, and the right to equality. At the time, the Constitutional Court ruled that the provision of the Juvenile Protection Act, which stipulated the shutdown system, was not recognized as directly infringing the fundamental rights.
Besides, considering the characteristics of Internet games with high usage rates and high addictiveness among young people, introducing a shutdown system for the healthy growth of adolescents and prevention of Internet game addiction and the freedom of performance.
This time, the Cultural Solidarity is preparing to file an appeal for constitutional amendment focusing on the fact that the right to pursue happiness is seriously infringed by the shutdown system. The right to pursue happiness is a provision of Article 10 of the Constitution that all citizens should have the right to pursue happiness and the state must guarantee it.
"The right of the youth to pursue happiness is being seriously inflicted on the government due to the unilateral game use time limit of the government," he said. "He said.
The industry expects to see a different decision than five years ago if the shutdown related constitutional amendment goes ahead next year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has established a game regulation improvement council, released an analysis report on the effectiveness of shutdown, and initiated a bill to abolish the shutdown of the National Assembly.
An industry expert said, "Since the introduction of the shutdown system, negative perceptions of the game have spread more and this has led to a contraction in the game industry." If the lawsuit against the regulation comes up again, I do not think it will be different from the previous one."
By Kim Soo Yeon newsnews@