But the governments do have a role in trying to regulate this sort of extreme pornography of children, both in their countries, and through the Internet," she said.
"It's obviously very difficult to curtail activity on the internet. Taina Bien-Aime of women's rights organization Equality Now said Japan needed to police game makers. "The idea of banning it, or telling people what they can and can't do just because on the off-chance some kid might get involved with it is just ridiculous," said Gardner. Japan is currently considering censorship laws that would make possession of real and virtual images of child pornography illegal but legislation has not progressed in parliament.īritish gamers Lucy Kibble and Jim Gardner said trying to control games on the internet was futile and that content control was up to parents.
RapeLay was never meant to be sold in the US in the first place, so all of this should've just ended right when Amazon pulled the game. In the past the games generally remained in the country but the popularity of the internet means games can now go viral and be downloaded across the world. Someone found this game listed on the US Amazon site and made a big fuss out of it, and now the production and distribution of rape games are banned in Japan.
Japan has long-held more permissive views in relation to pornography and "hentai" games that depict the sexual torture of young women are readily available in stores. Players can then grope her or lift the girl's skirt and follow her aboard a train, where 'friends' can join in and rape the woman, as well as her sister and mother. RapeLay begins with a teenage girl on a subway platform who asks the player "Can I help you with something?"