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Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Overturning CA Video Game Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 20, 2009 - 12:35pm.

Sacramento, Calif. - The U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the state of California's appeal of a ruling that overturned a law that would have restricted the sales of violent video games to minors. A lower court ruled that the 2005 law was an unconstitutional violation of First Amendment free speech protections, after the Video Software Dealers Association (now the Entertainment Merchants Association) and the Entertainment Software Association filed suit against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and others to prevent its enforcement.

N.Y. State Assembly Passes Violent Video Game Sales Ban

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 31, 2007 - 11:48am.

New York - The New York State Assembly has approved a bill, a similar version of which passed in the State Senate last week, that would ban the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors.