As the video game industry has firmly established itself as an art form as well as entertainment, certain games and content have led to legal issues in several countries. These court cases usually fall under freedom o...As the video game industry has firmly established itself as an art form as well as entertainment, certain games and content have led to legal issues in several countries. These court cases usually fall under freedom of speech and expression. The author has studied three of the five top video game producing and purchasing markets in the world--the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea--to explore how each country regulates this industry These three countries explicitly guarantee their citizens the freedoms of speech and expression, but, due to cultural differences and historical interpretations of those rights, the policies concerned with gaming have been handled differently by each country. The argument of the author is that historic interpretations of freedom of speech in legal cases can inform how video games and content controversy will be decided by the constitutional courts in these three countries. Japan and the Republic of Korea, for example, have historically interpreted freedom of speech rights in a way that benefits the citizenry as a whole, marking them as more collective. The United States has historically interpreted freedom of speech and expression in a way that benefits individual citizens, marking it as individualistic. These cultural aspects of how legal decisions are reached has affected the relatively new technology of video games展开更多
On June 30, 2007, Nevada casinos switched to Bank Secrecy Act （BSA） provisions of Title 31 after the state completely repealed the Nevada Gaming Commission （NGC） Regulation 6A dealing with currency and foreign tra...On June 30, 2007, Nevada casinos switched to Bank Secrecy Act （BSA） provisions of Title 31 after the state completely repealed the Nevada Gaming Commission （NGC） Regulation 6A dealing with currency and foreign transactions. This study aims to examine the economic effect of Nevada Casinos＇ compliance with the BSA provisions of Title 31 on casinos＇ financial performance. In order to achieve the most contrasting results, the author matches publicly-traded casinos in Nevada and those in the other states. Parametric t-test and non-parametric Wilcoxon rank sum test are used in the descriptive section. Regression analyses on matched sample are used for the main test. The results show that, in general, Nevada casinos＇ revenues are much lower than those of the casinos in other states, and BSA has a significant positive net effect on the Nevada casinos＇ financial performance. The results suggest that BSA provisions of Title 31 are beneficial to Nevada casinos possibly due to reputation recovery.展开更多
文摘As the video game industry has firmly established itself as an art form as well as entertainment, certain games and content have led to legal issues in several countries. These court cases usually fall under freedom of speech and expression. The author has studied three of the five top video game producing and purchasing markets in the world--the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea--to explore how each country regulates this industry These three countries explicitly guarantee their citizens the freedoms of speech and expression, but, due to cultural differences and historical interpretations of those rights, the policies concerned with gaming have been handled differently by each country. The argument of the author is that historic interpretations of freedom of speech in legal cases can inform how video games and content controversy will be decided by the constitutional courts in these three countries. Japan and the Republic of Korea, for example, have historically interpreted freedom of speech rights in a way that benefits the citizenry as a whole, marking them as more collective. The United States has historically interpreted freedom of speech and expression in a way that benefits individual citizens, marking it as individualistic. These cultural aspects of how legal decisions are reached has affected the relatively new technology of video games
文摘On June 30, 2007, Nevada casinos switched to Bank Secrecy Act （BSA） provisions of Title 31 after the state completely repealed the Nevada Gaming Commission （NGC） Regulation 6A dealing with currency and foreign transactions. This study aims to examine the economic effect of Nevada Casinos＇ compliance with the BSA provisions of Title 31 on casinos＇ financial performance. In order to achieve the most contrasting results, the author matches publicly-traded casinos in Nevada and those in the other states. Parametric t-test and non-parametric Wilcoxon rank sum test are used in the descriptive section. Regression analyses on matched sample are used for the main test. The results show that, in general, Nevada casinos＇ revenues are much lower than those of the casinos in other states, and BSA has a significant positive net effect on the Nevada casinos＇ financial performance. The results suggest that BSA provisions of Title 31 are beneficial to Nevada casinos possibly due to reputation recovery.
