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The Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) was an independent, non-profit organization founded in the U.S. in 1994 by the Software Publishers Association as well as six other industry leaders in response to video game controversy and threats of government regulation. At the time, the largest trade group, the SPA had few members in the gaming field, but the ASP had many, and the two organizations decided to work together. Mark Traphagen (an attorney with the SPA) and Rosemary West (ASP board member) appeared before Congress in the summer of 1994 in support of the SPA representation.

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  • El Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) va ser una organització sense ànim de lucre, independent i fundada als EUA el 1994 per , a més a més de sis altres companyies líders per respondre contra i per la regulació del govern. El punt bàsic d'aquesta organització és classificar el contingut del videojocs, similarment com la (VRC) i després la Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). (ca)
  • Le Recreational Software Advisory Council (conseil consultatif des logiciels de loisirs) est un système d’évaluation américain pour les jeux vidéo. (fr)
  • The Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) was an independent, non-profit organization founded in the U.S. in 1994 by the Software Publishers Association as well as six other industry leaders in response to video game controversy and threats of government regulation. The goal of the council was to provide objective content ratings for computer games, similar to the earlier formed Videogame Rating Council (VRC) and later Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). The RSAC ratings were based on the research of Dr. Donald F. Roberts of Stanford University who studied media and its effect on children. In 1993, senators Herb Kohl and Joseph Lieberman raised concerns over the levels of violence and other adult material appearing in video games which were available to children. Under threat of government regulation, industry groups like the Software Publishers Association (SPA), the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP), and others had concerns about the intrusion of the government, and the costs, delays and subjective judgments of a review-committee-based system. At the time, the largest trade group, the SPA had few members in the gaming field, but the ASP had many, and the two organizations decided to work together. Mark Traphagen (an attorney with the SPA) and Rosemary West (ASP board member) appeared before Congress in the summer of 1994 in support of the SPA representation. The SPA and ASP (and other industry groups) were opposed to an age-based rating system operated by a review committee as developed by the ESRB, which was proposed by several multi-national console game manufacturers and distributors. The groups preferred a content labeling system that would allow parents to know what was in the games and then make their own judgments about what their children would see. An ASP-sponsored committee, led by Jim Green of Software Testing Labs, and staffed by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games, and Randy MacLean of FormGen, developed the initial version of what would become the RSAC ratings. The committee identified the elements most likely to be of concern to parents and developed specific descriptions of the levels of such content that would define the levels reported. The system would be self-administered by game publishers who could use the system to label their games. The entire system was turned over to the SPA for its newly formed Recreational Software Advisory Council in 1994. The council formed RSACi in 1995, which was a branch which rated websites. The organization was closed in 1999 and reformed into the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA). (en)
  • Recreational Software Advisory Council ou RSAC é uma extinta organização governamental estadunidense que visava classificar os jogos eletrônicos segundo a faixa etária. (pt)
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  • El Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) va ser una organització sense ànim de lucre, independent i fundada als EUA el 1994 per , a més a més de sis altres companyies líders per respondre contra i per la regulació del govern. El punt bàsic d'aquesta organització és classificar el contingut del videojocs, similarment com la (VRC) i després la Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). (ca)
  • Le Recreational Software Advisory Council (conseil consultatif des logiciels de loisirs) est un système d’évaluation américain pour les jeux vidéo. (fr)
  • Recreational Software Advisory Council ou RSAC é uma extinta organização governamental estadunidense que visava classificar os jogos eletrônicos segundo a faixa etária. (pt)
  • The Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) was an independent, non-profit organization founded in the U.S. in 1994 by the Software Publishers Association as well as six other industry leaders in response to video game controversy and threats of government regulation. At the time, the largest trade group, the SPA had few members in the gaming field, but the ASP had many, and the two organizations decided to work together. Mark Traphagen (an attorney with the SPA) and Rosemary West (ASP board member) appeared before Congress in the summer of 1994 in support of the SPA representation. (en)
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  • Recreational Software Advisory Council (ca)
  • Recreational Software Advisory Council (fr)
  • Recreational Software Advisory Council (en)
  • Recreational Software Advisory Council (pt)
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