Author Topic: is this really kid oriented? (Read 6783 times)

ClavaTon · June 15, 2007, 01:07:34 PM

Quote from: mocheeze on June 15, 2007, 07:21:47 AM

I hope you got your parent's signature to play and sign up here,

I don' t feel like it...

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mocheeze · June 15, 2007, 08:19:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COPPA

It's illegal for websites in the US to collect information from kids under 13 without a parents signature. I get mail every once and while from parents who send in their signature for their kids to use the RTB forums. We're strict about the law because there's hell to pay if you don't follow it.

Spartan300 · June 15, 2007, 09:12:43 PM

Quote from: mocheeze on June 15, 2007, 08:19:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COPPA

It's illegal for websites in the US to collect information from kids under 13 without a parents signature. I get mail every once and while from parents who send in their signature for their kids to use the RTB forums. We're strict about the law because there's hell to pay if you don't follow it.

shouldn't Badspot do the same?

BJway_Bandit · June 15, 2007, 09:15:36 PM

lol you know you are a nerd when you have a permission slip to register for a website. The kids who had their parents send you signatures are among the most pathetic. Also you told clavaton that it's illegal for him to sign up. That's not true.

mocheeze · June 15, 2007, 09:28:44 PM

Quote from: BJway_Bandit on June 15, 2007, 09:15:36 PM

lol you know you are a nerd when you have a permission slip to register for a website. The kids who had their parents send you signatures are among the most pathetic. Also you told clavaton that it's illegal for him to sign up. That's not true.

Right, it's technically not him that's breaking the law, but he is an accomplice to the crime. He's knowingly circumventing the law, that's all. So what he's doing is still "illegal of him", but the crime is Badspot's. But yeah, I kind of mis-spoke with the way I said that stuff, so go ahead and laugh. :*(

Game master pro · June 15, 2007, 09:44:39 PM

I have such an urge to say "Internet: Serious business"

Spartan300 · June 15, 2007, 09:45:58 PM

Anti-Cop · June 15, 2007, 10:07:44 PM

Quote from: mocheeze on June 15, 2007, 09:28:44 PM

Quote from: BJway_Bandit on June 15, 2007, 09:15:36 PM
lol you know you are a nerd when you have a permission slip to register for a website.� The kids who had their parents send you signatures are among the most pathetic.� Also you told clavaton that it's illegal for him to sign up.� That's not true.
Right, it's technically not him that's breaking the law, but he is an accomplice to the crime. He's knowingly circumventing the law, that's all. So what he's doing is still "illegal of him", but the crime is Badspot's. But yeah, I kind of mis-spoke with the way I said that stuff, so go ahead and laugh. :*(

But I assume Badspot is only guilty if he knows about it.

Otis Da HousKat · June 15, 2007, 10:14:14 PM

Lol, that's not how the law works.

Game master pro · June 15, 2007, 10:14:55 PM

It is on the INTERNET

Otis Da HousKat · June 15, 2007, 10:15:32 PM

Ignorance is never a valid excuse.

Anti-Cop · June 15, 2007, 10:24:18 PM

So true, but I am admining a forum where we could very likely run into this problem, so I want to know the important stuff about it.

mocheeze · June 16, 2007, 04:27:43 PM

Quote from: Anti-Cop on June 15, 2007, 10:24:18 PM

So true, but I am admining a forum where we could very likely run into this problem, so I want to know the important stuff about it.

Depending on your forum software, it can handle it for you. I know phpbb does it automatically, just remember to put your address and/or fax number in where it tells you to so the users know where to send it.

Anti-Cop · June 16, 2007, 04:56:55 PM

Yeah, it's phpbb, but there's nothing stopping them from lying about their age...

I'll talk to the main admin and the guy who runs the site.

Wedge · June 16, 2007, 10:33:09 PM

Quote from: Anti-Cop on June 16, 2007, 04:56:55 PM

Yeah, it's phpbb, but there's nothing stopping them from lying about their age...

I'll talk to the main admin and the guy who runs the site.

If someone lies about their age, you haven't committed a crime. Its kind of a slippery slope. You can run a forum fine, and allow people under 13 to join, without consent from their parents, as long as you don't know they are under 13. But if they slip up somewhere and break their cover, you either need to get a form from their parents or delete their account.

Also, you can't encourage people to lie about their age.

Yeah, its kind of dumb. There isn't really a real way to enforce it, unless someone actually gives you their age.