The Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) and the Video Software Dea...
The Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) and the Video Software Dealers Assn. lived up to their promise Mon. as they filed a lawsuit in U.S. Dist. Court, San Jose, Cal., to overturn a law that would make it illegal for…
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retailers to rent or sell violent videogames to minors under 17 years old. The act cleared the Cal. legislature Sept. 8 and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Oct. 7. Named as defendants were Schwarzenegger, Cal. Attorney Gen. Bill Lockyer (D), Santa Clara County Dist. Attorney George Kennedy, San Jose City Atty. Richard Doyle and Santa Clara County Counsel Ann Miller Ravel. The ESA and VSDA said they were named because they will have to enforce the law if it’s enacted as part of each’s “official capacity.” The suit asked the court to “issue a declaratory judgment that the act is void,” issue a preliminary injunction and a permanent injunction against the defendants to stop them from enforcing the act. The groups also seek “general and equitable relief as [the court] deems fit and proper,” along with legal costs and attorneys’ fees.