The justice system in India has been directed by the Supreme Court of India to switch from Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The most probable reason for this decision is the fact that Red Hat Enterprise Linux actually costs money to support and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from Canonical doesn't.Sure enough, th... |
18 October 2011
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The video game law that Califonia passed and which was the object of a lawsuit that reached the United States Supreme Court has been one of the most difficult cases of the term that has just ended, according to one of the judges that ruled on it.Elena Kagan spoke at the McCloskey Speaker Series at the Aspen Institute... |
9 August 2011
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The Entertainment Software Association has announced that it has filed a motion with the United States Supreme Court asking it to award the organization 1.1 million dollars, representing legal fees that it was forced to pay to attorneys in order to win the recent case about video game violence and the First Amendment... |
26 July 2011
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When it comes to politicians the customary attitude towards video games is one of distrust, with leaders often citing them as being a bad influence on children and something that needs to be regulated in the long term to limit their effects. But in a speech made to the Royal Society of London, Michael Gove, who is t... |
5 July 2011
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In the wake of the Supreme Court decision that declared the California law that criminalized violent game sales to minors was unconstitutional it seems that other states to pass similar bills at the state level are being abandoned, with reports from Utah saying that a California-like bill was dropped by the represent... |
30 June 2011
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California Senator Leland Yee, the main sponsor of the law that sought to ban the sale of violent video games to children, has reacted to the decision of the United States Supreme Court to declare the law unconstitutional, saying that he regrets the ruling and that he plans to reintroduce legislation that would have ... |
29 June 2011
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The whole gaming industry, from developers to publishers or organizations like the ESA, EMA or ESRB, have saluted yesterday's Supreme Court decision against a proposed law project that would've made selling violent games a crime.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the proposition of the state of Califo... |
28 June 2011
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Studies carried out over the years have provided conflicting evidence on whether violent video games indeed predispose teens who play them to committing acts of violence themselves. A new review of the existing literature seeks to clarify the issue.Most parents nowadays are convinced that their kids should steer clea... |
22 April 2011
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The designer working on the Disney project Epic Mickey has said that video games are at the moment facing the possibility of more censorship that movies did at the same moment in their evolution, years ago.The legendary game designer, who has worked on such transformative titles like Deus Ex, Thief and System Shock, ... |
7 September 2010
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The United States Supreme Court is currently considering a case related to a California law, which would ban the sale of violent videogames to customers who are under 18 while providing for significant punishment for those who break its provisions.Lower courts have already said that the law is unconstitutional becaus... |
6 May 2010
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The United States Supreme Court has decided to take on a case linked to the violent videogames bill, which has been enacted in the state of California. The law was supported by state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and it would make it illegal for shops to sell videogames considered violent to those buyers who are und... |
28 April 2010
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Take Two is one of the videogame publishers to have often been involved in issues related to videogame classification that touches on what's acceptable and what's not in game releases. Rockstar was attacked when a mod allowed players to access risqué material in the Grand Theft Auto series, and Manhu... |
26 June 2009
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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
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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
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With only one more month in office, the Bush administration seems bent on destroying the US environment and ecosystems thoroughly, as proven by the recent pressures the former president has made on the Supreme Court, to allow the country's power plants to continue sucking billions of gallons of cooling waters, w... |
5 December 2008
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The well known game hater, Miami attorney and "campus shooting expert", Jack Thompson is one step closer to saying "Goodbye" to the gaming industry, since the Florida Supreme Court had him sanctioned and decided not to accept any lawsuit filings from him, from now on. While everybody agrees with this decision and I d... |
24 March 2008
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