Andre Yoskowitz
23 Feb 2009 23:18
A controversial California rule that banned the sale of violent video games to minors has now been reversed thanks to a ruling by a federal appeals court.
The three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit added that the decision was unconstitutional. The 2005 law prohibited "the sale of 'patently offensive' games to players under 18."
Senator Leland Yee, a Democrat from San Francisco, wanted the law reinstated, because it forced publishers to have stricter label requirements.
Judge Consuelo M. Callahan of the appeals court added that "there were less restrictive ways to protect children from 'unquestionably violent' video games."