Doug Lowenstein, the head of the Entertainment Software Association that runs the E3 Expo every year, has reacted to the wave of proposals in the U.S. to ban the sale of violent/sexually explicit video games to minors, calling them "virulent attacks" on the games industry:
“The industry has been under siege as never before as politicians virulently attack video games for endangering youth and making parenting more difficult. While we have defeated many of these proposals, some appear likely to be enacted, thus triggering ESA lawsuits.
“We fully expect the courts, as they have in the past, to strike down these state laws as unconstitutional infringements on creative expression.”
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