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Violent Video Game Restriction Struck Down

Posted by michael on from the GTA-shipments-resume dept.

Nutsquasher was the first to submit news that a ban on selling violent video games to minors has been struck down, reversing an earlier decision in this case that held that video games were not a constitutionally protected form of speech. The decision (pdf) is available. Since the Federal government has been considering a national law along these lines, these decisions on local laws may be important soon.

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  1. Re:Excellent by aiyo · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is an ESRB rating system in place for several years to keep those kinds of games out o the hands of minors.

  2. Pre-emptive strike by fahrvergnugen · · Score: 5, Informative

    Before Yet Another Moron gets on here and starts ranting about how it works for the movies, why not for the games, won't someone PLEASE think of the children:

    The MPAA ratings are voluntary and are not enforced under penalty of law. There is nothing about them at all that is legally binding. The only pressure theater operators face to enforce them is economic, not criminal. This is arguably what makes them constitutional, where this law is not. IANAL etc.

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    Even Jesus hates listening to Creed.
  3. Re:original judge by Noren · · Score: 4, Informative
    It is true that there exists a Judge Stephen Limbaugh (Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.) who is the famous Rush Limbaugh's (Rush H. Limbaugh III) first cousin.

    However, the person referred to by the OP who rejected that request is Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.- his uncle .