To those who are wondering what is so bad about the Law that was struck down, it isn't that the law is preventing minors from buying M rated games, its that the Law (vaguely) defines what violence is and leaves a rating system far to open to interpretation. The Law would basically treat video games like pornography, black covers and all for games deemed obscene.
The law defines the classification of a "violent video game" in this way:
This is an exert from the Giant Bomb article talking about the Law.(1) "Violent video game" means a video game in which the range of options available to a player includes killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being, if those acts are depicted in the game in a manner that does either of the following:(A) Comes within all of the following descriptions:
(i) A reasonable person, considering the game as a whole, would find appeals to a deviant or morbid interest of minors.
(ii) It is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the community as to what is suitable for minors. (iii) It causes the game, as a whole, to lack serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
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