자율규제와 소비자법적 보호의 함의 - 게임, 특히 웹보드게임의 분야에 있어서 -

Self-regulation refers to that an organization which was formed by itself regulates its members. Various types of self-regulation are being operated depending on voluntary effort of businesses, and in most countries, self-regulation has a legal basis except in case of pure self-regulation. Also, as self-regulation system develops, new types of self-regulation, which is approved or delegated by a government, is now coming out. Self-regulation is closely related to consumer rights. Self-regulation becomes more important than ever before. This is because self-regulation is now regarded as the best way to improve quality of goods and services in a rapidly changing consumer society. In addition, Self-regulation can provide a variety of products and services. This allows consumers to get more satisfaction and options. In particular, consumer protection, which is defined in the Consumer Law, is changing from self - responsibility to protection of the weak, justice and fairness. In this trend, self-regulation is becoming more important than anything else. From this point of view, we will look at self-regulation and protectionof consumer rights in the field of web-board game, which is a new industrial field.