Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) (US)
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Just wondering if Fractured will comply with the January US Law?
https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/24461/legal-requirements-for-video-game-accessibility-in-the-usa
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Gosh regulations for games are really getting extensive these days.
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@Meiki
supposedly, Anthem (the video game), doesn't have text chat because of this law. Seems if the law didn't mean video games then there wouldn't be a problem at all. And the law wouldn't have been brought up because it doesn't apply to games.the game is offered directly to the public (unless they mean in more of a Rest Area type).
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@Meiki U.S. law has been, for decades, about adding as many loopholes as possible. See, if the law cannot be understood, much less in a reasonable time, it means that more lawyers are needed.
Most of the U.S. government is lawyers, and especially families of lawyers (with children in law practice). It's a direct conflict of interests that so many people ignore.
As to these requirements, they do actually apply. The FCC, the agency in charge of this, has stated that so long as a chat feature exists within games they will technically be under this rule. However, they have granted extensions for a number of reasons. I personally expect this to end up in the court system, as government willingness to extend the extensions has been lowering and yet the idea of having to provide features in a game can be highly impractical (such as a voice description of what is going on for the blind, which might work for something very simple but not for an online game with a pace faster than molasses in mid-winter).
The best way forward on this one, in my opinion, is that companies will likely push back with legal holds and notices of just how ridiculous this can be, until such time as the forces of inclusion for all push it through regardless, after which several companies will arise specifically to offer 3rd party solutions to the 'problem'.
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@Jetah said in Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) (US):
supposedly, Anthem (the video game), doesn't have text chat because of this law.
I doubt that's true. Anthem's voip also doesn't comply with CVAA and they're keeping it in.
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@Meiki said in Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) (US):
@Jetah Well the wording is offered directly to public - which could be translated to - freely and openly directed to the major public for downloading. But in this case you are actually required to buy to play and so it is not offered directly, but via a payment/purchase. That's the very reason why the bill is so funny to me as a citizen used to european laws. As it is, by its very definition really full of loopholes and bendable wordings. At the same time, so far I know, Fractured is developed by an European (Italian) company and as such does not have to stricly follow any rules outside of those required by Italy and EU. In the worst case scenario that the US requires it to follow the bill, they can just cross out any communication methods in the US version of the client. Which might seem funny, but is a way around the law.
i found it odd that the EU privacy law made a hole bunch of US companies send me an email.
I understand Fractured/DS isn't in the US but they are serving the US and use US servers (which I assume they'll specifically have EU servers too). So i'm curious how it'll effect/affect them, if at all.and nearly all of US laws are written to have loopholes.
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@Meiki For the U.S., offered to the public means that it is available for purchase, given away, or anything where you do not have a very limited private membership.
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@Meiki The government body that regulates this in the U.S. has stated it applies, the reason it has not been an issue to date is extensions being filed and approved (but with more and more language about the need for the industry to hurry up and figure it out).
Further, there are such definitions in U.S. law. With regard to the laws at hand, the definition is essentially "Businesses that are open to the public, provide a service that is available to the public, or otherwise offer a product or service to the public." You just have to look up the laws that this one references... common practice in U.S. law.
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yeah. this law is so half assed it's horrible. I've never known a "game" to a primary means of communication. I guess if you're thinking of "The Sims" genre but Fractured, and 99% of other games wont qualify.
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@Meiki
that doesn't ignore sanitary code but allows people to use fires instead of propane/natural gas to cook the food. I'm guessing it's mostly in those parishes where the cajuns would cook it that way.but i say, if the visually impaired and blind need access to video games, then they should have access to driving.
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My head hurts from all these laws...
must.. relax...
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@Meiki said in Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) (US):
Art 1 - Sec 4 in the Texas' bill of rights
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, **provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.We don't like atheists in Texas.
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great this thread is not going to a religious argument?
