Level Up In August, Reuters reported that Sega Enterprises of Japan would be banning the use of software that depicts excessively violent and sexually explicit scenes. According to Sega spokesperson Munehiro Umemura, that report was in error. Though Sega's own ratings system has been in place since 1994, the company has decided to up the ante. As of October, Sega has imposed even stricter ratings and tighter control over games produced for the Saturn system. No national ratings guidelines currently exist in Japan, and a consortium of top game manufacturers has yet to decide on an industry standard.
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The answer to this question could be the death knell for many cryptographic wars raging across the US - and may well predict the extent to which the Fourth Amendment's guarantee of privacy will be upheld in cyberspace. A decision in Junger's case is expected by early January. Inc. All rights reserved.