Video games, like motion pictures, failed to qualify for First Amendment protection until well after they emerged as a medium. Today, a number of courts have held that such games constitute a form of expression and do not fall into any recognized category of unprotected speech. Nevertheless, a number of commentators have called for limited constitutional protection for video games, predicating their arguments on a variety of grounds, including the alleged deleterious effects of such games on children. This Article responds to these commentators and defends recent decisions extending protection to video games.
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Video Games as a Protected Form of Expression
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1-1-2005
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Paul E. Salamanca, Video Games as a Protected Form of Expression, 40 Ga. L. Rev. 153 (2005).
Georgia Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2005), pp. 153-206