An unsigned reader writes with an excerpt from an article about how obscenity laws and the first amendment relate to modern games: "This examine is a tough one, for the very good reason that no video game creator or publisher has ever been prosecuted for obscenity related to video games. As we have seen, if the medium of video games are held to the same standard as literature and film then, presumably, they can also be held to be obscene. One of the reasons for the lack of obscenity execution


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share this: against video game developers and publishers is that the courts have limited obscenity to sexual content only. In fact, the courts have gone so far as to 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt printing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: glossary | dictionary | encyclopedia | all recommendation | the web
share this: reject calls to alter the definition of 'obscenity' to include violent content in video games. The other major reason is the vast majority of video games sold in the United States have only small amounts of sexual content thanks to the e-banking ms-dos Rating Board."

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