Category of virtual currency in online games 6
On June 28, 2009, the Ministry of culture and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "notice on strengthening the management of virtual currency in online games", which made it clear that virtual currency is expressed in the form of prepaid recharge card, prepaid amount or points of online games, but does not include game props obtained in game activities; Virtual currency shall not be used to pay for, purchase physical procts or exchange for any procts and services of other enterprises< The following is the full text of the Circular of the Ministry of culture and the Ministry of Commerce:
the Circular of the Ministry of culture and the Ministry of Commerce on strengthening the management of virtual currency in online games
the cultural departments (bureaus) and commercial departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, the Cultural Bureau and commercial bureau of Xinjiang proction and Construction Corps, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Cultural market administrative law enforcement corps:
with the rapid development of online games, online game virtual currency is widely used in online game business services. The virtual currency of online games not only promotes the development of online game instry, but also brings new economic and social problems. Mainly reflected in: first, the lack of protection of user rights and interests; Second, market behavior lacks supervision; Third, the online game virtual currency in the use of disputes
in order to standardize the operation order of online game market, according to the spirit of Interim Provisions on Internet culture management, notice on Further Strengthening the management of Internet cafes and online games (Wen Shi Fa [2007] No. 10) and notice on standardizing the operation order of online games and banning the use of online game gambling (Gong Tong Zi [2007] No. 3), etc, With the consent of the people's Bank of China and other departments, the notice on strengthening the management of virtual currency of online games is as follows
of course, bitcoin, Ruitai coin, Laite coin and vitality coin also belong to the category of virtual property and are protected by law.
(1) they shall not provide trading services for minors
(2) it is not allowed to provide transaction services for online games that have not been reviewed or filed
(3) when providing services, it is necessary to ensure that the user registers with a valid ID card and bind a bank account consistent with the user's registration information
(4) after receiving the notice from interested parties, government departments and judicial organs, they should assist in verifying the legitimacy of the transaction. If the transaction is verified to be illegal, measures shall be taken immediately to terminate the transaction service and relevant records shall be kept
(5) the transaction records and accounting records among users should be kept for no less than 180 days.
the seller provides the transaction currency amount of the server role name
the buyer searches for the game currency amount of the regional service limited transaction under this category to get the transaction window to complete the transaction
scope of use of virtual currency: it is not allowed to pay for the purchase of physical procts
the notice also clearly points out that the scope of application of virtual currency of online games is limited to the exchange of virtual services provided by the issuing enterprise itself, and shall not be used to pay for, purchase physical procts or exchange for any procts and services of other enterprises< It is worth noting that the above "notice" points out that the cultural administrative departments should strictly enforce market access, strengthen the management of the issuers and transaction service providers of online game virtual currency, and require the same enterprise not to operate online game virtual currency issuance and transaction business at the same time
of course, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Leyte and decent are not in its scope.
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