게임 등급분류의 특례와 자율규제 : 영화 등급분류와 비교하여

The classification is working as the key regulation of contents in place of the censorship. As we know the history of introduction, the prototype of classification is the film classification and the classifications of different media is derived from it. However, the game classification also starts out of the film classification, because of the characteristic of game, that is, the tension with gambling or digital contents, the game classification has the exception in comparison of prototype. Above all, the Game Rating and Administration Committee, independent of the Korea Media Ratings Board, is in charge of the game classification. Because of the distribution by internet of digital contents, the new governance that is called the self-regulation is introduced to the game classification. This paper reviews the meaning and legal nature of classification that the prototype is the film classification and analyses the exception of game classification. Next, the classification models is reviewed for the explanation of self-regulation and on the base of it, examines the self-regulation of game classification. At the end, the improvement direction of game classification is proposed.