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Submission + - Hal Harpin Q&A about the ECA

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on Friday January 19, 2007 @12:36PM

Jabrwock writes: "GamePolitics.com, a member of of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), is doing a Q&A session with Hal Harpin, the ECA's president. The ECA is an advocacy group that lobbies on behalf of gamers. Posters can ask Hal questions about the ECA or the gamer scene in general. Last year Hal did a similar Q&A when he was president of the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association."

Submission + - Federal judge blocks Louisiana video game law

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on Wednesday November 29, 2006 @04:18PM

Jabrwock writes: "GamePolitics.com reports that US District Court Judge James Brady has made his injunction against Louisiana's video game bill permanent. The bill was penned by video game critic Jack Thompson, who had withdrawn his support for the government's case during the preliminary injunction in August, citing a lack of co-operation from the state Attorney General."

Submission + - Miami Court orders Take Two to hand over Bully

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on Wednesday October 11, 2006 @04:58PM

Jabrwock writes: "GamePolitics.com reports that a judge in Miami ruled that Take Two Interactive, makers of the controversial title Bully, must hand over a copy of the soon to be released game to the court within 24 hours. Jack Thompson, the plaintiff, called the ruling a 'huge victory against the violent video game industry', although Take Two can still appeal the order. Thompson filed a lawsuit asking the court to label Bully a 'public nuisance' and restrict it's October 17 release in Florida."

Submission + - Congressman Proposes "Video Game Deceny Act

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on Friday September 29, 2006 @11:43AM

Jabrwock writes: "GamePolitics.com reports on Michigan Congressman Fred Upton(R-MI)'s efforts to punish Take Two Interactive for the "trash they put out across this country." Unhappy with the Federal Trade Commission's apparent inability to lay the smackdown on Take Two over "Hot Coffee", Upton proposed the Video Game Decency Act, which would make it illegal to withhold the disclosure of game content "with the intent of obtaining a less restrictive age-based content rating." The catch is "intent". How do you prove that a half-finished, cancelled scene was "intended" to sneak past a rating authority?"

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