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December 5th, 2009, 06:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/12/lionman.jpgValdir Raupp, who is both a senator and a lion of a man, has put forward a bill seeking to ban the sale and distribution of violent video games in Brazil.
Raupp is looking to (http://gamepolitics.com/2009/12/03/brazil-discussing-violent-game-ban) "curb the manufacture, distribution, importation, distribution, trading and custody, storage [of] the video games that affect the customs [and] traditions of the people, their worship, creeds, religions and symbols".
A senate education commission has already approved the bill, meaning it's on its way now for a vote in Brazil's Committee on Constitution and Justice. If passed, anyone caught violating the law could face 1-3 years in the slammer.
Criar ou distribuir jogos ofensivos pode virar crime no Brasil (http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultnot/multi/2009/12/01/ult530u7429.jhtm) [UOL, via GamePolitics (http://gamepolitics.com/2009/12/03/brazil-discussing-violent-game-ban)]
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Raupp is looking to (http://gamepolitics.com/2009/12/03/brazil-discussing-violent-game-ban) "curb the manufacture, distribution, importation, distribution, trading and custody, storage [of] the video games that affect the customs [and] traditions of the people, their worship, creeds, religions and symbols".
A senate education commission has already approved the bill, meaning it's on its way now for a vote in Brazil's Committee on Constitution and Justice. If passed, anyone caught violating the law could face 1-3 years in the slammer.
Criar ou distribuir jogos ofensivos pode virar crime no Brasil (http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultnot/multi/2009/12/01/ult530u7429.jhtm) [UOL, via GamePolitics (http://gamepolitics.com/2009/12/03/brazil-discussing-violent-game-ban)]
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