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New York Gov Signs Video Game Law
New York Governor David Paterson signed a video game bill into law yesterday that requires parental controls on all consoles, pushes game rating enforcement and launches a state-backed study of video games and violence.
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Comment by +: @postulio71: What the hell is the point of your post? An attempt at trolling against New York or your life... more » | Other threads
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MMO Operators Could Break Laws In the UK?
Not if they have the appropriate license come September, but with a gambling law getting its final update at that time, MMOs that have competitions or offer prizes may be classified as 'online gambling' and subject to the same laws and penalties as more traditional forms. With all the chatter in the US and elsewhere about where MMOs fit into the overall scheme of online gambling (or not), it will be interesting to see how companies start to navigate the water. In the US, for example, 'games of skill' are - for the most part - exempt from gambling regulations; this is not the case with the new UK law. More »
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Comment by Xagest: Random drops in Korean MMOs can be sold on ebay for several hundred dollars easy. I can understand why... more » | Other threads
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Psychiatrist Says Game Laws Are Nuts
Dr. Jerald Block is a head shrinker from Portland. So he's probably well qualified to say that Jack Thompson is a gibbering lunatic and proposed game laws are absolutely nutso. More »
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