Age Rating system for video and game downloads

[Tomm]

"Age ratings for downloaded video content and video games are to be introduced in the UK."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7412336.stm

Seems like a kinda crap idea tbh. If parents don't want their children viewing something then it should be up to them to install filtering programs.

[CoolHostUK-Dom]

Yeh i just read that before you posted xD

imo, you cant stop anybody typing in a false age unless you check the public records against the data typed.

[Supersam]

This will never work.

Do you think Microsoft will not allow people under the age of whatever to download game content?

HA!

Get real....

[kk.]

hmm, in that it said iplayer may be doing and: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00bbf8t.shtml?src=ip_lc

im guessing thats the sort of thing they mean? but its a bit stupid. I really dont like age laws on games and video content because people are trying to encourage free will and i think this comes under this category. Parents should have the ultimate decision in what their children do and if they want to allow them to watch/play 18 rated things then thats completely upto them. Stupid rule but tbh, by the time everythings in place ill be 18 so haha :)