Media Coalition Sends Memo to New Hamphshire Legislators on Video Games and the First Amendment

Media Coalition on November 2 sent to the New Hampshire Senate Commerce Committee a letter outlining the reasons that a new bill, S.B. 175 should not exempt them from First Amendment protection by explicitly stating that video games are not "expressive works" and excluding them from a section that would exempt them from the bill's provisions. Media Coalition sent a letter to the members of the Commerce Committee, where the bill currently awaits vote. The letter reviews relevant case law, most notably Brown v. EMA, to assert that video games are speech and, as such, are protected by the First Amenment and cannot be legislated differently than other media such as books, music, and movies. Click here to learn more about the bill.

updated 11/4/11