VIDEO GAME ADVOCACY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

From a political and cultural perspective, these are challenging times for gamers. More than ever before, video games have become a favorite societal "whipping boy" of certain elected officials. Since 2005, legislators in California, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana and Oklahoma have attempted to curtail the rights of gaming consumers to purchase video games. Fortunately, the courts have so far struck down restrictive video game sales laws as attacks on free speech.

But we can't continue to assume that the courts will protect us while we stand idly by. As gamers, we must make our voices heard. That's where the ECA comes in. On behalf of the game player community, the ECA works to protect our collective game player rights by working directly with legislators as well as through a variety of grassroots digital initiatives.

As a matter of policy, the ECA opposes legislative efforts to unconstitutionally restrict access to video games. Other forms of media, including books, music and movies, are protected by the First Amendment; video games deserve no less.

To learn more about ECA's grassroots advocacy for gaming rights, visit our Grassroots Advocacy page.

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To learn more about the facts on video games and violence, visit our Video Games and Violence page.

To learn more about current legislative attempts to restrict the creation and purchase of video games, visit the ECA Video Game Regulations page.

If you want to make your voice heard on the major issues confronting gaming consumers today - anti-game legislation, consumer rights, and more - join ECA today. Together, we can make a difference.