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Man receives support from CBLDF in manga possession case

by Lucy Newman on Oct 13, 2008 at 05:47 PM

In Iowa, a 32-year-old man may spend 20 years in prison for possession of Japanese manga and will face penalties under the PROTECT Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1466A). Christopher Handley is still in big trouble because of the manga he purchased from Japan in May 2006 that the government claimed… Continue Reading »

Jack Thompson permanently disbarred

by PJ Hruschak on Sep 26, 2008 at 11:48 AM

Dogs and cats are living together. Rainbows are everywhere. Jack Thompson has been permanently disbarred. The Florida lawyer, who is best known to gamers as that dern lawyer who keeps hatin’ on our fun, was disbarred yesterday (September 25, 2008). The disbarment begins 30 days from yesterday so he can… Continue Reading »

Move Over GTA: Petty crime and misdemeanor games (that will never get made)

by PJ Hruschak on Apr 29, 2008 at 04:39 PM

Not much can make the heart race like doing something you know you’re not supposed to be doing. Perhaps that is why so many games rely on big-time crimes to provide adrenalin-boosting activities - stealing cars, massive property damage and murder. Although videogames do allow people to partake in ethically… Continue Reading »

Minnesota game law defeated in federal court

by Joshua Mallory on Mar 19, 2008 at 06:41 AM

Minnesota is another state in a long series that has passed video game legislation only to have it mercilessly beaten down by the US court system. The Minnesota law was a little unusual in that it would have fined game purchasers rather than retailers. Children age seventeen or younger trying… Continue Reading »

Halo Stalker gets caught

by Danielle Riendeau on Jan 2, 2008 at 10:20 PM

According to Wired and KHQ news, a 20-year-old man was recently arrested for stalking and threatening a 15-year old girl he met playing Halo online. Joshua Stetar (the perpetrator) had apparently driven cross country from to Spokane, Washington to see the girl he met on Xbox live. His other obscenely… Continue Reading »

Game lawyers experiencing a windfall

by Pulkit Chandna on Dec 19, 2007 at 06:35 PM

These days an ideological line seems to divide the whole world into two halves. On one side of this ideological equator are the gamers and on the other side are the detractors of video games. Due to the increasing number of controversies around video games, some of which lead to… Continue Reading »

OJ must give up money earned from videogame likeness

by PJ Hruschak on Aug 11, 2007 at 02:10 PM

I swear I’m not trying to dig up an old news story. No, really. Former footballer and occasional film actor, O.J. Simpson, was ordered by the Los Angeles Superior Court to pay all the money he earned from his likeness being uses in All-Pro Football 2K8 to the family of… Continue Reading »

California violent game law stopped, Schwarzenegger to appeal

by PJ Hruschak on Aug 7, 2007 at 04:07 PM

The California state law prohibiting the sale or rental of “violent video games” to minors has officially been stopped by the courts. The law, originally proposed by now Senator Leland Yee (then an Assemblyman) would have gone into effect would have gone into effect on January 1, 2006, but was… Continue Reading »

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