The Supreme Cout this morning delivered it's decision in the EMA v Brown case, which would fine retailers for selling "violent" video games to minors. The court struck down the law in a 7-2 decision. The court basically affirmed the lower court's decision that the law violated the first amendment of the constitution. What's that mean for us gamers? It's good news. It means the court has officially recognized games as having the same rights and freedoms of other forms of art, like books and movies.
From the decision: "This country has no tradition of specially restricting children’s access to depictions of violence. And California’s claim that “interactive” video games present special problems, in that the player participates in the violent action on screen and determines its out-come, is unpersuasive."
Justices Thomas and Breyer were the two dissenting voices, so pay attention to those two - they are the enemies.
You can read the entire opinion of the court here.
1 comments:
Nice to see SOMEONE has common sense!
I'm so sick and tired of everyone else blaming everything else but themselves for their problems. If everyone who played games with violence in them became murders then there would be a hell of a lot more violent crimes. Also, crime has gone down over time - though we all think it's all over the place due the sensationalism of the news.
Also, it always bugs me how these "parental groups" are so ready to run their mouths off about wh games are terrible to everyone but their own children. Step up, people.
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