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Bill proposes US$ 1,000 fine for retailers who violate ratings

Posted Feb 20, 2007 at 9:29AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Tags: ESRB, Senate bill

Oh yeah. This will really deter kids from buying games with this rating. - Image 1

There is a proposed measure, which recently passed the Senate subcommittee level, that aims to establish "harsh" punishment for retailers who violate ESRB ratings, reports IndyStar.com. The bill's author, Sen. David C. Ford, explained that his bill makes selling "Mature" or "Adults Only" games to minors a Class B infraction, punishable up to a fine of US$ 1,000. Having passed committee, the bill now moves to the Senate itself for full debate.

The committee vote on Senate Bill 238, which went 5-2 in favor, came after the members were shown clips of "M" rated games (they never said which games) on the flat-panel screen in the Senate chamber, used mainly to display congressional votes. (That in itself, we observe, must have been some change of pace). Sen. Vi Simpson, co-author of Bill 238, said:

You become the character, for better or for worse... If you think (children) are not playing these games because there's an "M" on the box, you're badly mistaken.

Retail and video game industry lobbyists have campaigned against the bill, but Sen. Ford dismissed such complaints, saying that his bill only "enforces" the ratings system. This bill comes in the midst of efforts by the ESRB and video games industry to reinforce "ratings discipline" - enlisting the help of parents to do the same with their kids, and of Senator Brownback's efforts to, in effect, make the ratings board play the whole game before giving it a rating.

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First of all i would like to state that EBgames is a load of BS ! Why, well if this crap was to take effect my sister would have been chared for EB selling here GTA SA... SHe 11 years old and bought it for me for christmass. THEY LET HERE, SHES 11, BUY A GAME RATED 17+! WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THEM!!!!??

# Heh — Guest 2007-02-20 10:59

OWNED!!!

# Jon..... — Guest 2007-02-20 11:00

Learn to spell. Less games more books for you.

# HA — Guest 2007-02-20 11:06

HAHAHA UR FUNNY

# 666 — Guest 2007-02-20 11:08

This mean that Gears of War is not going to sell anymore because all of the Xbox 360 fanboys are under 16. ;)

# The Senate Sucks — Guest 2007-02-20 11:11

See My Name

# .. — Guest 2007-02-20 11:14

its called having your parents/older sibling buy it for you....dumbasses..

# It's a good thing — Guest 2007-02-20 11:19

I don't know why everyone gets bent on this. Look at the kid's now a days. Kid's are so spoiled, so what if it makes it harder for them to get ahold of them. It's the way it should be.

# from a parent... — MitchenX 2007-02-20 11:20

i'm old enough to play whatever i want (Leisure suit Larry, anyone?) and that is both well and good.

But if my kid wants a particular game, and they won't sell it to her, obviously there's a reason. And with games growing even more violent and perverted nowadays, I don't care what anyone says, this is a good thing. A VERY good thing.

# . — Guest 2007-02-20 11:29

look at you! you don't even know how to use an apostrophe! pfff you can't complain about anyone

# tak — Guest 2007-02-20 11:51

If they don't sell the games to people under 17, then they will steal them.

# I'm pretty lucky.... — Guest 2007-02-20 12:02

Ha ha I'm Canadian so I don't have to worry about this crap when I go to buy games!

# She did you a favor, pal... — Guest 2007-02-20 12:07

besides, I LIKE it when kids buy M-rated games underage, as it's a big "f-you" to the US government, and because it's just plain cool.

# nice — Guest 2007-02-20 12:20

same here. it is highly unlikely that a bill like this would pass in Canada because nobody gives a F**k here.

# j'aime le canada — Guest 2007-02-20 12:35

oh its great to live in the land of the free

lmao canada is great, come jump the border!

# What?! — Guest 2007-02-20 12:41

This is an infringment of the constitution. IMPEACH!!!! IMPEACH!!!

# parenting — Guest 2007-02-20 13:28

why don't you be a parent and restrict what your kid watches, plays, and wears instead of depending on the government to do it for you!

# whatever — Guest 2007-02-20 13:29

except that you all have universal health care! how's it feel to wait five weeks for a cat scan?

# .. — Vietone 2007-02-20 14:23

So is allowing minors to purchase R rated movies.

Whats the big deal? They did it to movies, why not games.

# (to jason): Universal healthcare is awesome! — Guest 2007-02-20 14:28

Unlike you yankees down south, we don't have to pay upfront for medical services!!!

# . — Pyro 2007-02-20 15:54

ESRB is a private organisation, stop making bills enforcing its decisions. Get it through your thick *****ing heads you stupid politicians! parents should be making the decisions of what their kid plays and buys, not the government.

# hey jason — Guest 2007-02-20 17:30

Nice way to get off-topic... and the universal health care has worked out great for me.

Yeah, come over the border. We could use the population boost. Just build your own igloo though.

# Good — Guest 2007-02-20 17:34

Sounds good to me. They don't sell R/NC-17 rated movies to kids, so why sell M rated games?

Sorry kids, but if your parents say no, don't complain, grow up and move out.

# ... — Guest 2007-02-20 17:36

Actually, there's no law against that. It's just a guideline. No fines can be given for selling R-rated movies to a minor. It's just *****s like Jack Thompson that try to sue. And Jack Thompson almost always loses his lawsuits - until Hillary Clinton bails him out.

# Why is this a big deal? — Guest 2007-02-20 23:40

Sometimes there's a reason why these things are guidelined for a certain age. Perhaps the reason we have so many loud mouthed *****ed up kids around is because they have been allowed to watch movies and play games with content which shouldnt be available to them until a few years later.

# ,,, — Guest 2007-02-20 23:54

Well America has already proved that a majority of its parenting population is not capable of making good decisions, And REQUIRE the state to hold their hands in everything they do.

# No Boarder Jupers? — Guest 2007-02-21 01:54

Theres a reason why nobody sneaks into...or immigrates, for that matter, to canada...and we LEGALY allow 1 million immigrants a year PLUS have a severe ILLEGAL immigration problem... nuff said.

# exactly — Koru-Kun 2007-02-21 07:19

and this is definitely one of those reasons

# @ Pyro — Koru-Kun 2007-02-21 07:26

Whether or not the ESRB is a private organization doesn't affect anything. They are the ones that label the age rating, that's it. You're half wrong on the parenting as well... Government has the right to restrict sales to minors, but doesn't have the right to stop somebody from playing AO or M rated games. A parent can say a child can go purchase an M rated game to play, but the parent can't force a company to sell a product to a minor. The parent can purchase the M rated game and then let his/her child play it, but the child cannot purchase it. That's the way it's always been, and should be.

# To "Canada Sucks" — Guest 2007-02-21 12:00

You fail.

# Heh, sounds good to me — Guest 2007-02-21 18:13

Sounds like a great idea to me. Make the parents actually look at the games their kids are trying to buy. I doubt the parents would REALLY look at them, but perhaps the parents have the idea that, if a place doesnt sell something to their kids, they will check the product before yelling obscenities at the poor pimple faced dork behind the counter.

# lawls — Guest 2007-03-07 06:16

i for one dont care about this anymore, im 17 so i can buy these games no problem now, even when i was 12 i can remember buying M games. One time i did walk into gamestop and 2 little girls were playing saints row, i really did think they shouldnt be playing that but i mean, there going to play these games either way, either borrowing them from friends or buying them, either way they are going to see these games and play them

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