Game Industry Fights Violent Game Ban

sietekk writes "The video game industry told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that it has the same rights to free speech as moviemakers and publishers and urged the court to overturn a local government ban on the sale of violent video games to minors. Appearing before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys for the Interactive Digital Software Association, which represents the video game industry, argued that a lower court ruling upholding St. Louis County's restrictions on game sales should be overturned as unconstitutional."

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ROFL

[Flamerule]

Judge William Riley asked Shuman how video games were different from typical Childrens' make-believe games like "cops and robbers."

"I bet I killed 50 people a week playing Army as a kid," Riley said.

Folks, looks like we've got someone on our side for once =)