Although the Supreme Court shot down the violent video game law authored by California state senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), AP has reported that Yee will review “the dissents in hope of finding a way to reintroduce the law in a way it would be constitutional.”
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Yee published a written response to the Supreme Court decision on his website stating that “While we did not win today, I am certain that this eight year legislative and legal battle has raised the consciousness of this issue for many parents and grandparents, and has forced the video game industry to do a better job at appropriately rating these games,” said Yee.
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On the winner’s side of the video game case, Entertainment Software Association, which represents the games industry and is responsible for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, also released a statement regarding the SCOTUS decision:
“This is a historic and complete win for the First Amendment and the creative freedom of artists and storytellers everywhere. Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what we have always known — that free speech protections apply every bit as much to video games as they do to other forms of creative expression like books, movies and music,” said ESA President Michael D. Gallagher. “The Court declared forcefully that content-based restrictions on games are unconstitutional; and that parents, not government bureaucrats, have the right to decide what is appropriate for their children.”
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