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California out nearly $2 million on failed video game legislation, actually

When California agreed to foot the Entertainment Software Association's $950,000 legal bill accrued during its deconstruction of Brown v. EMA, we estimated the state's cumulative payout to the ESA at around $1,327,000. Once you factor in the state's own legal costs, however, California's total payout for attempting to regulate the sale of violent games to minors rings up at a cool $1.8 million, according to The Sacramento Bee. Billable hours accrued by lawyers working for the state add an estimated $500,000 to the failed legislation's price tag, which has...

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Published By: Evil Avatar - Wednesday, 22 February