November 2, 2010 -
While the mid-term election is a very big deal, (did you vote?) there is a lot of talk on the Internet about the big showdown at the SCOTUS tomorrow. Below is a sample of some editorials worth checking out:
- Video game industry's public enemy No. 1 - LA Times
- Video Game Regulation and the Supreme Court: Schwarzenegger v. EMA - Gamasutra
- High court should allow video game law - San Francisco Chronicle
- Violent Video Games Come Before the Supreme Court - Atlantic Wire
- It's In The Game - Philly.com
- Calif. Pushes To Uphold Ban On Violent Video Games - NPR
- Yes, Violent Video Games are Protected by the First Amendment - PC World
- Adam Sessler on CNN - G4TV




Comments
Re: SCOTUS Editorial Round-Up
If I can plug my own blog, I also wrote a post about the case http://popularculturegaming.com/?p=458
I try to clear up some of the common misconceptions such as the belief that film ratings in the USA are legally enforced (they aren't) and why this is a first amendment issue.
Re: SCOTUS Editorial Round-Up
Don't forget Michael Dorf's summary on FindLaw
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20101101.html
interesting legal anaysis from a disinterested 3rd party, including a possible 'what if' for how the law migth have to adjust as games become more immersive in some future.
(I tried posting this to the ShoutBox yeasterday, but I have not been able to make that thing work in months now)