wraggster
August 7th, 2013, 19:56
Organization says Congress is seeking to undermine games as protected speech
The Entertainment Consumers Association is voicing its opposition to the Violent Content Research Act, which asks Congress to fund research into the effects of video game violence on children.
The bill first appeared in December (http://www.develop-online.net/news/42848/US-bill-proposes-investigation-of-violent-games) following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, but was not given a vote (http://www.develop-online.net/news/42956/Violent-games-bill-dies-without-a-vote) before Congress was disbanded.
It was reintroduced to the new congress in January, and last week the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved a plan to amend the bill.
While the Entertainment Software Association and other trade bodies have remained silent on the issue of further research, the ECA has called on its members to contact their representatives to convince them to oppose the measure.
"The ECA has numerous concerns about this and feels that this is a distraction to finding the real cause of these events," reads a statement from the group.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/45023/ECA-opposes-violent-games-research-bill
The Entertainment Consumers Association is voicing its opposition to the Violent Content Research Act, which asks Congress to fund research into the effects of video game violence on children.
The bill first appeared in December (http://www.develop-online.net/news/42848/US-bill-proposes-investigation-of-violent-games) following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, but was not given a vote (http://www.develop-online.net/news/42956/Violent-games-bill-dies-without-a-vote) before Congress was disbanded.
It was reintroduced to the new congress in January, and last week the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved a plan to amend the bill.
While the Entertainment Software Association and other trade bodies have remained silent on the issue of further research, the ECA has called on its members to contact their representatives to convince them to oppose the measure.
"The ECA has numerous concerns about this and feels that this is a distraction to finding the real cause of these events," reads a statement from the group.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/45023/ECA-opposes-violent-games-research-bill