Скачать или смотреть Virtual Legality #50 - On the Tyranny of "Guidelines": A PlayStation Story (Hoeg Law)

Early specifications for the PlayStation 5 were not the only things to come out of Sony this week, as The Wall Street Journal published news of Sony's newly-minted (and fairly opaque) sexual content policies.

What are the new policies and how have they been interpreted by Sony?

What caused the policies to be enacted and why weren't any formal rule changes required?

And why is this reliance on "guidelines" over formal rules making some developers (and industry observers) anxious?

#Sony #PlayStation #VirtualLegality

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Discussed in this episode:

"Sony Cracks Down on Sexually Explicit Content in Games"
Wall Street Journal - April 18, 2019 - Takashi Mochizuki
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/sony-cra...)

"The Public and Broadcasting" - Objectionable Programming
Federal Communications Commission
(https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/publi...)

With clips from Sony exclusive games:

The Last of Us Part II
Days Gone

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

Rick has practiced for more than a decade at some of the country's largest law firms, representing IT, software, video game, and other technology companies, as well as the individuals and institutions which fund them.

DISCUSSION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE LEGAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDEO SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL.

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