Jack Thompson's Louisiana Game Law Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge.
More developments regarding hot-head attorney Jack Thompson’s unjust law practices.
U.S. District Judge James Brady in Baton Rouge, La. struck down Louisiana’s video game law. The law criminalizes sales of violent video games to minors with fines between $100 to $2,000 and up to a year in prison.
From GamePolitics:
The statute, drafted by controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson, was ruled unconstitutional earlier today by Judge James Brady.
In August Judge Brady issued a temporary injunction which blocked the law from taking effect. That ban is now permanent.
I can breathe a sigh of relief. It’s great to see the Law working in the right direction. Ultimately it is the parents responsibility to govern what their children play, not the governments responsibility to criminalize sales clerks for selling “harmful” games to minors.
BREAKING: Jack Thompson’s Louisiana Game Law Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge [GamePolitics]
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Posted to Video Games on 29 November 2006
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As much as I agree that parents should be more involved with their kids and filter what they’re exposed to, I just don’t see anything bad with discouraging stores from selling the mature stuff, whether it’s videogames, movies, or music, to minors in the first place. However, I don’t think such hefty fines or threats of imprisonment are the answer, either. Stores should just refuse to sell mature material to minors, and none of this would be a problem because then it would be all up to the parents.
It’s discrimination against one form of media over the other. Games should be judged on similar grounds as movies or other entertainment media.
Yeah, but are stores allowed to sell R-rated movies or explicit music to minors? As far as I know, they aren’t, and games shouldn’t be allowed either.