In a way, I'm almost excited. It's good to know that just a few months from now, we'll have yet another judicial opinion to back up our claims as to the free-speech protected status of interactive media. That it comes at a cost to Minnesota taxpayers is a shame, but I suppose it's the price they pay for their lawmakers' hubris.
In a way, I think it'd be good if they DIDN'T appeal it. This law targets the people who want to challenge the ratings, directly. These games are NOT targeted at children, and in turn, children should NOT have the money to even buy these games on their own
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It would be interesting to see where this law stands in using the ESRB ratings, it means you have two sets of laws moving around, one of which is anti-ESRB and the others actually using it as a guideline, they are mutually exclusive, if I law must exist, then better it be based around the ESRB system than 'Acceptable Social Norms' as defined by people who make up a tiny percent of society.
My problem with this bill, as with all the others, is it's blatant unconstitutionality, it's still singling out one form of Media. The Games Industry must fight this, not because it is neccessarily a bad idea in itself, but to not do so is to basically allow themselves to be singled out as a seperate type of Media compared to TV, Film and Books. Until that basic prejudice in these Bills can be dealt with, the Industry really has a responsibility to itself and to it's customers to defend itself.
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Targeting the buyer? You mean the 12 year old kid? I thought their parents were responsible until they were 18?
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If they don't appeal, they may as well open the floodgates.
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My problem with this bill, as with all the others, is it's blatant unconstitutionality, it's still singling out one form of Media. The Games Industry must fight this, not because it is neccessarily a bad idea in itself, but to not do so is to basically allow themselves to be singled out as a seperate type of Media compared to TV, Film and Books. Until that basic prejudice in these Bills can be dealt with, the Industry really has a responsibility to itself and to it's customers to defend itself.
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