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Video Game Labeling Law Passed In New York

Posted by timothy on from the makes-you-long-for-elliot-spitzer dept.

chareverie writes "A law just passed in New York now requires labels for violent content in video games that are already rated, as well as having parent-controlled lockout features installed in consoles by 2010. The law has caused an uproar with civil rights groups who claim that such a law is unconstitutional. A legal challenge is already in the works by the New York Civil Liberties Union who cite that similar laws that have been brought to courts in California, Illinois, Minessota, and Washington state have been deemed as unconstitutional. NYCLU legislative director Robert Perry also says that the 'new law is a "back door" way of regulating video game content.'"

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  1. Speaking of a back door by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Speaking of a back door, that seems to be the general entrance that lawyers have been using in regards to our rights. It's a shame that the first thing that came to my mind is "What's new?"

  2. Marketing Opportunity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I really wish some game maker like Take Two would actually utilize all the wording of these asinine warnings about violent content and incorporate them directly into the marketing of the game.

    Death By Gruesome Disembowelment II: Now with more Splatter! More Bowels! and More Realistic Vivisections! Also: New Exciting "Cat Mode"!