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Oklahoma Judge Blocks Implementation of Video Game Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 12, 2006 - 1:15pm.
Washington - A federal judge in Oklahoma on Thursday blocked implementation of a new state law that prohibits the sale of video games to minors that depict "inappropriate" violence. U.S. District Court Judge Robin J. Cauthron issued a preliminary injunction against the Oklahoma law, siding with the video game industry's arguments that the law is unconstitutionally vague, and violates First Amendment free speech rights. "This marks the ninth Court decision in the past five years to enjoin restrictions on video games," said Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade group representing U.S. computer and video game publishers. "We're grateful for the preliminary injunction and look forward to prevailing in the effort to permanently strike down the law."
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