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Why the Supreme Court vote on game regulation matters to gamers and parents alike

April 28, 2010 in News comments 3

The United States Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments and rule on proposed regulation of sales of violent video games in the state of California in the latest bout of government control vs. free speech. Icrontic digs in to explain what this law will mean to you as a gamer.

The United States Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments and rule on proposed regulation of sales of violent video games in the state of California in the latest bout of government control vs. free speech. The ruling, which was decided on Monday, will take place at the beginning of the term sometime in October. If the Supreme Court rules for the regulation, sales and/or rental of violent video games to minors will become illegal.
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    Slumpy monkey Apr 29, 10
    We already have this in the UK. It works fine and I support it.
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    VeGiTAX2 Apr 29, 10
    ESRB already does the same thing, the difference is that California wants to also overcrowd the court and prison system with video game clerks.

    The Governor and attorney general are happily blind to the fact that it's the responsibility of the parent to be informed about these things instead of harassing the manager that the clerk didn't sell Jimmy a copy of L4D2 and should be dealt with for making them go in the store.

    We have the systems in place but we also have morons attaching court sentences and fines in each state and attempts to regulate away the existence of M rated games in their territories. I know the entire bills are probably tl;dr for most people but comments like that are exactly why groups like the EFF and ESA are going to battle all the time for consumers that can't be bothered to get the full message.
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    esoterikos Apr 30, 10
    Whenever I buy games, the clerks are already carding people buying M rated games. Some places have started keeping the M games on separate shelves. This is just good business sense. But the responsibility does lie on the parents to monitor what their kids are playing, or watching, or reading, or eating, or drinking. . . .

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