The opinion of a legal consultant, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
The cell phone game “Pokémon Go” had gained fame worldwide, it’s similar to the treasure hunts using GPS: the players from all around the world hide their treasures in some places, then, sent out the longitude and latitudes on a specific website, then, the treasure hunters used their GPS devices, managed to find it, and they can choose from the list of rewards to take with them, to give it to the future treasure seekers. This sort of mode in gaming, has little to no risks, because it takes you to a specific location, where you will, discover the treasures.
not my photo…
For Pokémon Go, the players are also interacting on a certain longitude and latitude, the differences being how the interactions take place, they’d needed to spot where the Pokémons, and chase the monsters to capture them.
The writer believes that the design of Pokémon Go may put the players themselves in danger, or cause public safety concerns. First, the pets can show up anywhere there’s cell reception; public areas, private places, or in nature too; and the design of the game, didn’t focus on keeping the players from searching for the Pokémon in dangerous places! Secondly, the player would often need to keep their attention focused on the cell phones as they moved around, and, they may be injured, because they couldn’t pay attention to their surrounding environments.
here’s one, on the sidewalks, go, catch it!!!
There are instances of physical injuries all over the world right now because of it, there was a case where someone chased a Pokémon into someone’s private properties and got shot; players who chased the monsters, right into a news set. And, the appearances of a rare pet, can spark the players to run into one designated location all at once, causing problems with public safety.
From the angles of innovation and curiosity, the writer of this article, like a lot of players do, hoped the game can get introduced into Taiwan, but seeing how many players were injured while pursuing the Pokémons, and, of which, a lot are, matured adults, this cause some worries.
From a legal standpoint, if the pocket monsters appeared in dangerous places, and causing injuries to players while they were playing, are the game developers, really responsible? If, for the sake of pursuing the monsters, someone enters into someone else’s private properties, or enters into a restrict area, would the game developers be responsible, for leading the players in criminal offenses? This, is a matter of the law.
this, is what it looks like on the cell phone screens…
And, considering the balances between free trade and public safety, if in the future, this game is allowed in Taiwan, then, we’d needed to think harder on how we’re to balance between the protections of the law, and how far we’re going.
and, the places this game can take you to…
So, this simple game had caused so much rant, and, because of the nature of the game, the players can chase those monsters to wherever, and, that may be dangerous, because the players may be so focused on the maps on the cell phone screens, that they fail to realize, that they’re, walking into oncoming TRAFFIC, until it’s, too late!
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