SCOTUS Editorial Round-Up

November 1, 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

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Comments

Re: SCOTUS Editorial Round-Up

Submitted by jccalhoun on Tue, 11/02/2010 - 11:45.

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.

http://www.popularculturegaming.com

Re: SCOTUS Editorial Round-Up

Submitted by Neeneko on Tue, 11/02/2010 - 10:37.

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)

Shout box

DorthLous: Actually, nop, I did miss the emoticon for some reason (getting used to pics?) and I didn't know you changed it since (since I posted previous to my shout and it was still there.) Anyhow, thanks for taking it out!05/23/2012 - 6:01pm

james_fudge: Well we were just testing it. but it is still on the submission to fight $pam.05/23/2012 - 5:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: James, No I don't have it. I was just wondering who does and why. More curiosity than anything.05/23/2012 - 5:38pm

james_fudge: Did you not see the emoticon and did you not see that it has already been changed back?05/23/2012 - 5:10pm

james_fudge: LOL05/23/2012 - 5:07pm

DorthLous: Why? Not shocked that people are barking to an additional hoop to jump through when posting from their already logged in account or just mentionning this to try to paint me as one always complaining?05/23/2012 - 4:45pm

james_fudge: big shock there ;)05/23/2012 - 4:30pm

DorthLous: I'll add my voice to those wanting it gone :S I'm already logged in, I don't need a captch'a. That's for those registering.05/23/2012 - 3:54pm

james_fudge: Et tu EZK?!?05/23/2012 - 3:51pm

Craig R.: I'm a One Man Quorum! And it's working for me now, thanks. :)05/23/2012 - 3:48pm

E. Zachary Knight: How do we determine who get's the game/captcha thingy? Is there a certain posting threshhold users have to meet before it is turned off?05/23/2012 - 2:25pm

james_fudge: Give it a chance, we're still adjusting it ;)05/23/2012 - 11:20am

james_fudge: One does not a Quorum make Craig.05/23/2012 - 11:16am

Craig R.: If I complete the stupid game, and it just deletes my comment, what's the point?05/23/2012 - 11:15am

Craig R.: Ok, the little captcha game? You can get rid of it already.05/23/2012 - 11:13am

Craig R.: FCC boss is giving the thumbs up to usage-based pricing for Internet access05/23/2012 - 11:08am

Andrew Eisen: beemoh - Yeah, Miyamoto was awarded the Spanish prize for Communication and Humanities.05/23/2012 - 10:36am

beemoh: UK READERS: Sky Arts to broadcast complete Video Games Live concert this Friday at 9PM. Repeat 7AM the day after.05/23/2012 - 10:09am

beemoh: Miyamoto seems to have been awardsed something- he was just trending worldwide on Twitter, and all the tweets were in what looked like Spanish.05/23/2012 - 7:07am

Michael Chandra: Think so yes, since the judge didn't allow them to add ips at will. :P05/23/2012 - 6:23am

All shouts

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