Upton Proposes 'Video Game Decency Act'

[Tommy Tallarico]

Another day, another piece of video game legislation. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), right, has proposed a "Video Game Decency Act" that would make it a crime for game companies to fail to disclose game content or to deceive the ESRB. More within...

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(Link to GameDaily.com)

[ChaoofNee]

So... what's the big deal?

[Schlep]

Election years suck.

[g0zen]

So... what's the big deal?

The 'big deal' is that now anytime some modder puts a naked skin on a game's character the whole company is going to be rodeoed into court and have to legally prove that it wasn't part of the original software. It's essentially a very backdoor way to censor any game that becomes the 'cause celebre' of asshats like Jack Thompson.

[ChaoofNee]

Yeah, I can see your point. Did it work for Rockstar with GTA or did they get bullshit fines for it?