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ECA Launches Opposition To Health Warning Label Bill
escapistmagazine.com - 1/20/2009
ECA Launches Opposition To Health Warning Label Bill
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The Entertainment Consumers Association has launched a campaign against H.R. 231, the bill introduced by California Congressman Joe Baca that would require health warning labels on videogames.

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Adrenaline Vault — ... and suggests that conflicting labels could actually undermine the ESRB, which has been cited by the FTC as the most effectively enforced entertainment rating system on the market. Additionally, the ECA sees the bill as an “unconstitutional restraint on speech that will harm consumers and parents alike.” Proponents of the bill say it doesn’t violate the First Amendment because it doesn’t actually restrict the sale of videogames. Source: The Escapist

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