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Understanding The True Cost of Video Game Censorship Efforts

Started by TLF · 3 months ago

GamePolitics.com points out that Minnesota will reimburse the video game industry to the tune of $65,000 for their attorneys fees it incurred when challenging Minnesota’s 2006 “fine-the-buyer” law. The Minnesota law was unique in that it sought to impose fines ... Continue reading »

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  • You've made some great points in this post. The amount of money that has been spent paying legal fees to defend gamers’, developers’, and publishers’ first amendment rights is ridiculous. I don't even think they should have used that money to pay for PSAs or advertising. There are so many more important things the government should be worrying about than spending their money on than video games. As books like Grand Theft Childhood have shown, there is no real correlation between violent video games and teen violence. Parents should be responsible for what their children buy and see end of story.

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