The long anticipated decision to the Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association has finally come. This case originated a few years back, when California wanted to pass state laws to prohibit the sales of violent games to minors. Of course, this caught the attention of the rating systems board (EMA in this case), retailers, and gamers across the nation.

But, the Supreme Court has finally pulled through. With the back-up of the First Amendment, a right to free speech, the Supreme Court decided 7-2 on the action. They found that these state laws would violate the First Amendment because video games are a form of expression. They found it hard to believe that video games were also more damaging to children then other forms of media.

Justice Scalia says, “California’s claim that ‘interactive’ video games present special problems, in that the player participates in the violent action on screen and determines its out-come, is unpersuasive.”

What do you guys think of this outcome?

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