wraggster
February 23rd, 2012, 12:42
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When California agreed to foot the Entertainment Software Association's $950,000 legal bill (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/26/california-to-pay-esa-950-000/) accrued during its deconstruction of Brown v. EMA (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ab-1179), we estimated the state's cumulative payout (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/05/esa-receives-282-794-reimbursement-from-california-may-not-be/) to the ESA at around $1,327,000. Once you factor in the state's own legal costs, however, California's total payout for attempting to regulate the sale of violent games to minors rings up at a cool $1.8 million, according to The Sacramento Bee (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/19/4274796/failed-legal-fight-over-video.html).
Billable hours accrued by lawyers working for the state add an estimated $500,000 to the failed legislation's price tag, which has been slowly growing since the state decided to appeal the bill's initial injunction (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/07/governator-says-california-game-law-will-be-back/) way back in 2007. Considering that California's budget deficit is projected (http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/bud/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_2010.aspx) to reach somewhere around $22 billion this year, two million bucks doesn't seem like all that much in comparison. It's like tossing a box of matches into a burning building: What are you gonna do, set it more on fire?
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/california-out-nearly-2-million-on-failed-video-game-legislatio/
When California agreed to foot the Entertainment Software Association's $950,000 legal bill (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/26/california-to-pay-esa-950-000/) accrued during its deconstruction of Brown v. EMA (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ab-1179), we estimated the state's cumulative payout (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/05/esa-receives-282-794-reimbursement-from-california-may-not-be/) to the ESA at around $1,327,000. Once you factor in the state's own legal costs, however, California's total payout for attempting to regulate the sale of violent games to minors rings up at a cool $1.8 million, according to The Sacramento Bee (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/19/4274796/failed-legal-fight-over-video.html).
Billable hours accrued by lawyers working for the state add an estimated $500,000 to the failed legislation's price tag, which has been slowly growing since the state decided to appeal the bill's initial injunction (http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/07/governator-says-california-game-law-will-be-back/) way back in 2007. Considering that California's budget deficit is projected (http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/bud/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_2010.aspx) to reach somewhere around $22 billion this year, two million bucks doesn't seem like all that much in comparison. It's like tossing a box of matches into a burning building: What are you gonna do, set it more on fire?
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/22/california-out-nearly-2-million-on-failed-video-game-legislatio/