Simulated rape, orgy, gory killings & hate speech: should sale & rental of violent games be banned to minors?
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Simulated rape, orgy, gory killings & hate speech : should sale & rental of violent games be banned to minors? / Kierkegaard, Sylvia; Kierkegaard, Patrick.
Something bigger than yourself : essays in honour of Richard de Mulder. ed. / Pieter Kleve; Kees van Noortwijk. Rotterdam : Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2011. p. 107-124.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Simulated rape, orgy, gory killings & hate speech
T2 - should sale & rental of violent games be banned to minors?
AU - Kierkegaard, Sylvia
AU - Kierkegaard, Patrick
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association has been identified as one of the most important case on games before the US Supreme Court and the “the single most important challenge gaming has ever face”. To resolve Schwarzenegger, the Justices will need to decide how much First Amendment protection should be extended to violent video games. If the Court vindicates California’s law restricting the sale and rental of violent video games to minors, other states might be spurred to exploit a new exception to the First Amendment. Other forms of entertainment could also be restricted in the future. If it follows established precedent dealing with freedom of speech, the sale of gratuitously violent video games to minors will continue with contents for kids getting gorier, bloodier and grittier – all for fun, of course.
AB - Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association has been identified as one of the most important case on games before the US Supreme Court and the “the single most important challenge gaming has ever face”. To resolve Schwarzenegger, the Justices will need to decide how much First Amendment protection should be extended to violent video games. If the Court vindicates California’s law restricting the sale and rental of violent video games to minors, other states might be spurred to exploit a new exception to the First Amendment. Other forms of entertainment could also be restricted in the future. If it follows established precedent dealing with freedom of speech, the sale of gratuitously violent video games to minors will continue with contents for kids getting gorier, bloodier and grittier – all for fun, of course.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Rape
KW - First Amendment
KW - violent video games
KW - child protection
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9789070116217
SN - 9070116219
SP - 107
EP - 124
BT - Something bigger than yourself
A2 - Kleve, Pieter
A2 - van Noortwijk, Kees
PB - Erasmus University Rotterdam
CY - Rotterdam
ER -
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