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Illinois Passes Explicit Game Law
The law that the Illinois system of government has been tossing around for a while explicitly banning the sale of Mature games to minors has been passed into law. Gamasutra reports: "Like the similar bill proposed by California Senator Leland Yee, the Safe Games Illinois Act would require retailers to use warning labels in addition to the existing ESRB labels, as well as post signs within stores explaining the ESRB rating system. Sale of offending games to minors will earn stores a $1,000 fine on a petty offense, while failure to post explanatory signage will draw a $500 fine for the first three violations and $1,000 for each subsequent count."
Government will use this as an excuse to squash P2P. After all, it's putting dangerous software and movies in the hands of fragile and impressionable youth.
Trolling is a art,
Although many will be up in arms about this, it's no different than having a rated R movie that kids cannot see without a parent or guardian around.
Calm down, it'll be another decade or two before they stop the production of such games and ban free speech.