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California Game Law Struck Down...Again
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-02-20 17:19:51 263
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US Appeals Court upholds 2007 decision blocking state law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors.
By Tom Magrino, GameSpot
Anti-gaming legislation has been struck yet another blow today. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's decision declaring California's law preventing the sale of violent video games to minors unconstitutional. According to the appeals court ruling, bill AB1179, signed into California law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005, violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech.
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