Posted By: gatorlaw
Yes Virginia - Games are protected forms of expression! - 06/04/03 04:17 AM
I am not sure how many of you have been following recent federal court rulings. But a decision had been handed down not too long ago - that video/PC games were not protected forms of expression as contemplated by the Bill of Rights. While it may have been initiated out of concern about the ever increasing and realistic violence in some games, this meant that all games were lumped in with this decision. I was floored that adventure games - with their emphasis on plot and characters and often complex issues were viewed this way.
It also means that a game could be banned as controversal and that would be ok without any recourse as the content would not be considered a protected form of expression. Odd that the Books of Myst would be protected but not the interactive adventure based on those same books.
That ruling is reported on in GameDaily News here: Federal Court rules video/PC games are not protected forms of expression under the first amendment
Well The Eighth District U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the First Amendment does protect video/PC games.
[quote] The IDSA submitted scripts and storyboards from videogames to bolster its argument that games are artistic. The Court stated that its review of the records led it to believe that games carry
It also means that a game could be banned as controversal and that would be ok without any recourse as the content would not be considered a protected form of expression. Odd that the Books of Myst would be protected but not the interactive adventure based on those same books.
That ruling is reported on in GameDaily News here: Federal Court rules video/PC games are not protected forms of expression under the first amendment
Well The Eighth District U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the First Amendment does protect video/PC games.
[quote] The IDSA submitted scripts and storyboards from videogames to bolster its argument that games are artistic. The Court stated that its review of the records led it to believe that games carry