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 Send to email | Victory lap: ESA responds to Supreme Court decision in |  By Christopher Grant
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After battling the state of California since 2005, the Entertainment Software Association met the Supreme Court's historic decision today to classify video games as protected speech with both great joy and, we imagine, a tinge of sadness. During a press call this afternoon, ESA prez Michael Gallagher fielded question after question about the case, the court's dissenting opinions, and the likelihood of future legislation trying to curb the sale of violent games.
"This is the thirteenth consecutive decsion, and obviously the most important," Gallagher said, "upholding the first-amendment rights of video game developers and video game companies." After the Supreme Court decided to hear the California case, Gallagher says that the ESA has "seen a very steady drop-off in the volume of legislation targeted at content in our industry." In fact, "there's only a single federal bill that addresses these issues at the moment and it has at least one or no co-sponsors," Gallagher said proudly.Continue reading Victory lap: ESA responds to Supreme Court decision  Victory lap: ESA responds to Supreme Court decision originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Before we collectively forget there was a Supreme Court decision on video games last week, let's get it back front and center: read all about Brown v. EMA, or check out our Law of the Game overview post.
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| Supreme Court oral arguments now available as audio |  You've skimmed the transcript. You've followed our coverage. Now, while we wait for something else to happen in the Schwarzenegger vs. EMA case before the Supreme Court, you can experience last week's oral arguments the way they were supposed to be experi [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Nov-2010 by JC Fletcher in ab-1179Schwarzenegger-v-EMAscotussupreme-court
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