NC Senator Failed at Legislating Content, Now Proposes a Tax Break for Developers
NC Senator Failed at Legislating Content, Now Proposes a Tax Break for Developers
March 11, 2009
An interesting legislative turnabout is underway in North Carolina.
A state senator who twice in the past introduced bills designed to restrict the sales of mature-themed games to minors has now proposed that the state offer financial incentives to game developers.
Yesterday, Sen. Julia Boseman (D) introduced S525, a new bill that would permit game developers to take advantage of a tax credit of up to 15% for qualifying expenses.
While the measure does not restrict M-rated games as did an earlier proposal in Oklahoma, it does preclude material which qualifies as "obscene" under North Carolina law:
Limitation. – No credit is allowed under this section for qualifying expenses with respect to digital interactive media that contain material that is obscene, as defined in G.S. 14-190.1.
In past sessions, Sen. Boseman introduced bills designed to restrict sales of mature games to minors in 2005 and 2007. Both measures failed to pass.
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Actually, her prior legislations didn't "fail". They were just never given the unneccesary time to be looked over and she knew there were more important things on the agenda, so they were never pushed for.
Also, remember that a certain someone claimed to have drafted at least the first version of those prior bills. And, who knows, maybe they did the second but seeing such bills fail, didn't want to own up to it.
Also, the restrictions on this new bill seems out of place with her stance on similar incentives for the movie industry in NC. Another senator opposed tax incentives for development of movies that contained certain content and Senator Boseman opposed those restrictions. Yet, here, she supports them. I emailed her some time back asking her about the interview in which she opposed restrictions to the movie industry incentives, but hadn't heard back. Perhaps this is why.
Her inconsistant stance is rather mind numbing.
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Considering obsene material is already (by definition) illegal, what is the point of exluding it? That is a bit like saying 'we will give tax breaks to photography studios as long as they don't make kiddy porn' or 'we will give tax breaks to horror movie production as long as actors are not actually murdered for the film'.
Ah, that answers my question, "what is obscene?" The illegal stuff, okay. What a silly addition.
It makes sense to add the exclusion. It may be illegal to sell the content, but if they do not specify that producers of said content are inelligible from the beginning, they cannot legally deny incentives to producers of such content.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
So wait, they're allowed to produce it but not allowed to sell it? o_o
Most states have laws regulating the production of obscene material. I just felt that it is necessary to include those provisions.
In Oklahoma the movie tax incentives apply for all movie productions except for those that fall under illegal or obscene standards as defined by law.
It makes sense to not want to be seen as supporting illegal activity in any way.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
So, could one still qualify for a tax break if one produced legal pornography?
AS long as it is not considered obscene under the states obscenity laws and meets all other requirements, yes.
E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma
It depends on your definition of "pornography". Nudie pics aren't legally obscene, but they could be seen as pornographic....
Speaking to the rest of these comments, obscenity is not in and of itself illegal--although it may be regulated. A state may never prohibit ownership of obscene material by adults (with exceptions like child porn), but it may drastically limit production, distribution, etc.
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I remember that after I commented yesterday about politicians abondoning their stated principles due to the bad economy, somebody, after calling me a troll, asked me what I based my assertion on. I was pissed, so I didn't answer them then. I would just like to say now, case in fucking point.
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I don't believe her stance here is inherently hypocritical. The view that violent video games shouldn't be sold to minors isn't incompatible with generally encouraging game development within your state. Even E-rated games are damn good for your economy.
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