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Conservative Organization Attacks Videogames

At the moment, California, a rather cash-strapped state, is spending quite a lot of money to mount a Supreme Court challenge related to a videogame law aiming at restricting sales of violent titles. The law was overturned twice, judged to be unconstitutional, but the State of California seems to be determined to figh...

1 July 2009
13:21 GMT

California Videogame Law Goes to the Supreme Court

California has decided to go to the United States Supreme Court regarding a law aimed at limiting the sale of videogames to kids under the age of 18. The law was initially put together and signed in 2005 and has since been struck down repeatedly by courts that decided it was not in agreement with the Constitution of ...

21 May 2009
05:03 GMT

Virginia's Anti-Spam Law Will Not Be Reinstated

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined an appeal from the Virginia Attorney General, asking for the state's anti-spam legislation, ruled unconstitutional by a local court, to be reinstated. This decision will set notorious spammer Jeremy Jaynes, previously convicted to 9 years for his cybercrimes, f...

2 April 2009
08:08 GMT

'Animal Crush' Videos Do Not Trespass on the First Amendment

Because Robert J. Stevens managed to persuade a court that his dog-fighting business was legitimate, and that shutting it down would mean a breach of his First Amendment rights, now animal crush videos, in which kittens, puppies and other small pets are crushed to satisfy fetishes, are legal. Animal rights activists ...

14 January 2009
11:05 GMT


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