Regulating video games: Supreme court to decide
Court to decide if state can regulate video games
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether California can ban the sale or rental of violent video games to children.
The court will review a federal court's decision to throw out California's ban. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Sacramento said the law violated minors' rights under the First and Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution.
California's law would have prohibited the sale or rental of violent games to anyone under 18. It also would have created strict labeling requirements for video game manufacturers. Retailers who violated the act would have been fined up to $1,000 for each violation.
