Post by leunas on Aug 18, 2006 13:39:57 GMT -5
If you want to get the Entertainment Software Association's (ESA) blood pressure to rise at an incredible rate, simply say Video Game Laws. ESA has been busy battling one version of the Video Game Law after another, which generally enforces game-restrictions to minors, in various states.
Already it chalked up victories against the The Safe Games Illinois Act and the state of Minnesota but their court battles continue. ESA is facing game-restriction laws being passed in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
In Oklahoma, the state filed their objections to the ESA's motion for a preliminary injunction. The presiding judge gave each side until August 30 to file their motions for summary judgment.
In Louisiana, ESA is set to present its case in court with the state being given two days after that to respond. The judge in charge said he would favor ESA's request for a preliminary injunction preventing the law from being enforced "as soon as the briefs are received." Although the judge has already issued a restraining order that stops authorities from upholding the game-restriction law, ESA is gunning for its permanent junking.
ESA claims the laws are unconstitutional. In Illinois, the judge ruled that it is the role of parents and families, not the state, to decide which games they're kids will play.
xbox360.qj.net/ESA-Faces-Oklahoma-and-Louisiana-In-Court-To-Junk-Game-Laws/pg/49/aid/62286