Judge blocks law on violent games
Found on BBC on Saturday, 24 December 2005
A Californian law that made it illegal to sell or rent violent or sexually explicit games to children has been blocked by a US federal judge.
The ruling comes as US politicians draft national laws to stop the sale of adult-themed games to children.
The Californian law was drafted in October and aimed to make it a crime for games that "depict serious injury to human beings in a manner that is especially heinous, atrocious or cruel" to be sold or rented to those under 18.
Signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the measure imposed $1,000 (£575) fines every time it was broken.
I think it's quite funny that a law banning the sale of violent games to kids was signed by the Termintator.