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Edited by Macharius: 1/18/2013 9:40:44 PM
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Video games legislation introduced to US Congress

[quote]But in the United States, it’s Congress’s role to create laws and legislation, and Utah Democrat Jim Matheson has done just that. With the 113th United States Congress freshly sworn-in, the legislative maelstrom has begun unabated with H.R. 287, entitled the “Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act”. At first glance, this may seem confusing since the ESRB has been rating games in the United States for nearly two decades. However, the ESRB is entirely voluntary and self-regulating; this legislation, in essence, would make the ESRB the law of the land. “It shall be unlawful for any person to ship or otherwise distribute in interstate commerce, or to sell or rent, a video game that does not contain a rating label, in a clear and conspicuous location on the outside packaging of the video game, containing an age-based content rating determined by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board.” [...] Specifically, “It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or rent, or attempt to sell or rent (1) any video game containing a content rating of “Adults Only”… to any person under the age of 18; or (2) any video game containing content rating of “Mature”… to any person under the age of 17.” Breaking this proposed law wouldn’t result in a criminal charge; rather, it would result in a civil penalty of upwards of $5,000 per transgression.[/quote] [url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2013/01/17/violent-games-legislation-introduced-to-us-congress?abthid=50f86be3cab6cfb906000059]Read the full story, fresh off the press.[/url] I would like to point out that children under 17 can still play M rated games, they just can't buy them.

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  • Edited by The Avenger: 1/19/2013 10:05:05 AM
    Well I'll be 17 in a week so this won't affect me much. In fact, it would not affect me at all as my country doesn't enforce a rating system on video games. But the comfort of knowing that I can legally play M rated games...

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