First Best Buy suffers through the porn-stealing scandal, and now this: censorship advocate Jack Thompson is suing the retail chain for allegedly selling M-rated games to minors.
Thompson claims Best Buy is in violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
Best Buy requires a credit card to purchase an M-rated game, a common practice meant to prevent minors from purchasing such games without parental involvement.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board is also included in the suit:
[the ESRB] a) is owned and operated by the video game industry, b) does not even play the games it rates to conclusion, c) routinely mislabels games as to age appropriateness, per testimony before the U.S. Congress, and is engaged in representations to American parents that the age label are accurate and are keeping “Mature” games out of the hands of kids.
More here.
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I’ve been refused service when trying to buy an M-rated game because I wasn’t carrying an ID.
And gg, that’s how I believe it should be.
I’m sure there are incidents when Best Buy sold an M-rated game to a minor. They underpay their employees, so the employees don’t care.
But that’s very different from having a policy that allows sales to minors.
And of course, minors owning certain games may be inappropriate, but it’s NOT HARMFUL.
This is Thompson’s way of getting back on TV after he discredited himself with Virginia Tech.
This guy is making a living out of suing people, how absurd is that? Isn’t there like, a limit to how many people you can sue in one year/month/day? Come on.. He will have problems like being late for one trial while the other trial is going on. Silly!