Son mother claims that indulge Dutch act of Warcraft game harmful to hide

Was indulging in online games and jumping at the age of 13 Tianjin children Dutch act the mother, the computer game "Warcraft" the China Licensee to court, claims 100 thousand yuan. Reporters learned yesterday from the Chaoyang Court, the case has been formally accepted. It is reported that the case is the first case of personal injury compensation caused by online games.

Son playing Warcraft addiction suicide

Zhang's parents said that Zhang was at least a year before the death of the "Warcraft" consumers. After the medical identification of severe Internet addiction syndrome, by the end of 2004, in the Internet 36 hours playing the Warcraft game, jumped from the top floor of the suicide of 24. Quote into conceal harmful game

The Plaintiff alleged that Warcraft was developed by Blizzard Entertainment Co., Ltd., and was introduced by the China Ogilvy & Mather Network Co., ltd.. The game series products because of the bloody, violent content was assessed by the U.S. Software Rating Board "T" level, that is only suitable for children over 13 years old and adults. Blizzard in a prominent position the "Warcraft" game website at the bottom of the screen marked ESRB "T" logo, and indicate that the bloody, suggestive themes, use of alcohol, violence "descriptive. But aomeisoft network sales, in Chinese domestic business "Warcraft" products, not in a proper way to reveal the content of the product information, not truthfully disclose its harmful to children under the age of 13, consumers can not fully understand the potential harm of the software. As a result, the game has been widely used by minors and adults of different ages in china.

Mother claims 100 thousand yuan

The defendant knew that the "Warcraft" was not suitable for minors, and so on, but for its defects, the defendant in the domestic sales, business was deliberately concealed. Therefore, there is a causal relationship between Zhang's death and the defendant's fault. Therefore the defendant requested compensation for funeral expenses, mental solatium 100 thousand yuan, request the court to order the defendant to Chinese domestic sales and operation of "Warcraft" in the game, the game interface specification and packaging, express its content and degree of bloody violence, warning contents, and take measures to prevent the occurrence of Technology addiction.

Reporters learned that the case is under further investigation.