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Video games sticking point in proposed Right of Publicity bill
Video games have made it to the forefront of a debate regarding what is fair usage of an athlete’s likeness.
Michigan’s House Bill 5964 (2010) deals with an individual’s right to control the commercial use of their likeness.
The proposed House Bill’s introduction states that it is:
A bill to create certain rights in attributes of an individual that have commercial value; to recognize transfer of those rights; to provide exceptions; to provide penalties and remedies; and to provide for powers and duties of certain state officers and departments.
Opinion: Warning labels!? Don’t even pretend video games are as bad as cigarettes
If you thought listening to the disclaimers at the end of a commercial for medicine or reading the warning labels on the side of a cigarette pack is funny, then get a load of this.
I read the report posted on CNet by Don Reisinger which indicates that on January 7, 2009, Joe Baca, a democratic representative of California, introduced the H.R.231: The Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009 bill to 111th Congress requesting to make it mandatory that video games that have received a rating for violence to display the following warning:
WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.
I thought it was funny. At first…
Gadgetell’s Live Blog of Bill Gates’ final CES keynote
Click for a larger image. Gadgetell is live at what may be Bill Gates’ final CES keynote address. digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/microsoft/LIVE_Microsoft_CES_08_Keynote_Bill_Gates_Final_CES_Address’; Will he talk about the Xbox game systems or the future of videogames? Check out the live coverage going on right now! Oh, and keep smacking that REFRESH button at the Gadgetell Live Blogto more »
CES Speculations: Gates may mention internal DVR, HD DVD for Xbox 360
GameDaily recently gleaned a piece of Brier Dudley’s larger Seattle Times column where he speculates things Bill Gates will talk about in his upcoming, and likely final, CES (Consumer Electonrics Expo) pre-CES keynote address (until he retires and needs speaker fee pocket change to buy an island). The only gaming element of Dudley’s predictions is more »
Hillary Clinton game for stringent game legislation
The Presidential candidates are debating nearly every relevant issue these days. Videogaming has found prominence as a political issue in recent times – sadly enough – so, it would be nice to know the candidates’ positions on the issue. Common Sense Media tried to sample the opinions of the candidates about videogames but only three more »
Fordam professor warns against political control over videogames
Paul Levinson, a published author and professor of communications and media at Fordam University in New York, NY, called out Senator Hillary Clinton for her views on the regulation of videogames.
After reading an article by Bobbie Johnson of The Guardian, a British online e-zine, Levinson said he was reminded of how Sen. Clinton had targeted videogames in previous years along with other politicians and celebrities.
Levinson said 2008 Presidential contender Hillary attacked…
There is no “Government Legislation” in Parental Responsibility
Just as there is no “I” in team or ice in hot tea, government legislation has little business trying to substitute the responsibility of parents with laws.
In an article by GameDaily, the New York state senate passed a video game bill, SO5888, sponsored by Senator Andrew Lanza (R-I, Staten Island), which seeks to:
“[E]stablish an Advisory Council on Interactive Media and Youth Violence to review the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) rating system and its effectiveness, as well as recommend further steps that can be taken “to curb children’s access and exposure to ‘adult-only’ material.”
This leads me to think that this is not as much an issue of free speech here as it is an insult to the efforts of the ESRB.
