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BELLEVUE, Wash., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Senator Charles Schumer's remarks over the weekend about provisions that could be added to an alternative bill regarding background checks are "demonstrably false and delusional," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The perennially anti-gun Schumer told reporters that a concealed carry reciprocity amendment that may be offered to the alternative bill sponsored by Senators Joe...
Harris Poll Finds One-Third of Those with Young Game Players(1) Do Not Censor Games NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Many Americans would never let their eight year old see an R-rated movie, but according to findings from a January 2013 Harris Poll of 2,278 U.S. adults (ages 18+) interviewed online, some children may be playing video games beyond their maturity level. While only one-third of Americans (32%) said they understand everything or a lot about video game ratings...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Google announced on Tuesday that it would begin offering free public Wi-Fi service to people in the western portion of New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, where the company has its local headquarters. The 13-block coverage zone includes areas between Gansevoort Street and West 19th Street, from 8th Avenue to 10th Avenue. Google CIO Ben Fried made the announcement in Manhattan, alongside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
CHICAGO, July 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The co-chairs of the CHANGE Illinois! coalition on Friday said Gov. Quinn's signing of Senate Bill 3722 has damaged the state's campaign contribution limits system and opened the door to unlimited contributions in election contests where independent expenditure groups spend significant amounts of money. Under the new law, there will be no limits on campaign contributions in any election where spending by an independent committee...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Steve Jobs may or may not have once declared “thermonuclear” war on Google’s Android. Now, it seems the two California companies have found themselves in a brand new kind of battle. The two smartphone makers are accustomed to duking it out over marketshare and units sold. How they got into the almost yawn-worthy battle of Mapping could be less interesting than the battle itself, if that’s even possible. So, while Apple has left Google to make their...
Congressmen are trying to get a bill approved that would see that video games with an "E" rating and above are equipped with a health warning label. Congressman Joe Baca (D-CA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) introduced a bill on Monday that would force game publishers to print warning labels on their products to warn parents of possible aggressive behavior. If approved, game labels would have to read: "WARNING: Exposure to violent video games has been linked to aggressive behavior." The...
Landmark Ruling Hailed as a Win for First Amendment and Artists WASHINGTON, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) today welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling that underscored constitutional protections for video games, developers, and video game industry artists. At issue was a 2005 California statute restricting the sale and rental of computer and video games. The ESA, the lead party in the case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants...
ESA Files Brief Urging Court to Uphold Lower Court Rulings WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A brief asking the United States Supreme Court to find unconstitutional a 2005 California law restricting the sale and rental of computer and video games to minors was filed today by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The ESA, the trade association representing computer and video game publishers, said in its brief that the 2005 California statute, which would deny First...
RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Retired FBI Agents Frank L. Perry, Ph.D. and John Werner released the following joint statement today questioning whether the FBI has become politically tainted. Perry is co-founder of the Foundation for Ethics in Public Service, Inc., and Werner serves on the foundation's board. "The FBI is the only federal agency charged with protecting citizens from the illegal excesses of corrupt federal governance. However, the Bureau's action/inaction...
WASHINGTON, April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, which represents U.S. computer and video game publishers, in response to the Supreme Court's decision to grant a writ of certiorari and thus agree to review California's video game law. "Courts throughout the country have ruled consistently that content-based regulation of computer and video games is unconstitutional....
