RE moive ads ok, but game ads are not!

[Demon_Skeith]

Did you know the Entertainment Software Association is currently embroiled in a lawsuit with the Chicago Transit Authority over a ban that, in practice, would prevent Capcom from advertising Resident evil 5, while allowing Sony Pictures to advertise the next Resident Evil movie just fine? It's true.

In 2009, Chicago moved to single out M-rated video games. No other form of media was affected. The contradiction was brought up by Ken Doroshow, Senior VP & General Counsel Entertainment Software Association, during a fascinating presentation at DICE 2010 about games and law.

"In the very ordinance itself," said Doroshow, "it proclaimed some statistics about youth violence in the city of Chicago and cites the very same studies that courts have rejected showing some sort of connection between violent video games and real-life violence."

The ESA is currently fighting on behalf of the games industry to gain the rights of other media. Doroshow used the Resident Evil example to show the absurdity of the ordinance in action.

"Maybe I've drank the kool-aid, but that's absurd," he said.

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[GracefulAssassin]

What has society become? They are complaining about a virtual game. They have gone insane. And they are advertising Dante's Inferno, which is M. I'm tired of Ratings. Everything should be like Japans old system; no ratings at all. I like that, but then they changed it to a basic one; that isn't strict!

 

[Shortie]

Do you know it really does baffle me because it seems like more and more the government or whomever constantly goes on about console games being bad and being the cause of violence and whatever else but yet you hear nothing about any movies which are far worse and have alot more violence. Half the time I think it's a way to get at game makers more than anything.

I do agree though what is the world coming to surely the Resident Evil 5 movie is going to be worst than the game therefore banning the game advertisment wouldn't make a difference.