Violent Video Game Law Enforced

A new law is set to be enforced in Indianapolis prohibiting children from playing violent and sexually provocative video arcade games. This law requires anyone under 18 to get parental permission before playing violent or sexy video games. Arcades that violate the law face fines and could eventually be closed. A petition was sought to prevent the video game law from going into effect. But in a ruling by the U.S. District Judge David Hamilton, he ruled the law could be enforced. The law does not intend to eliminate violent games but to regulate their access by young consumers. Such games that are violent or sexually provocative must have warning labels on them, and arcade owners must keep them at least 10 feet away from nonviolent games. Violent video games must be separated by a wall or curtain. Underage kids can only play these games if accompanied by a parent o guardian. If a businesses fails to follow the law they could be fined $200 and businesses with three violations within a year have to remove the violent games altogether and could have their amusement machine licenses revoked.

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