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Devs liable for violent games ?
Komonews is reporting that in Seattle, state lawmakers are looking into creating a way to make game developers more liable for what they create.
If this bill they are preparing would pass, they can be held responsible and sued for any person below 17 who performs a criminal act "due in any part, to playing the game".
If this bill they are preparing would pass, they can be held responsible and sued for any person below 17 who performs a criminal act "due in any part, to playing the game".
"We're removing the responsibility from the person who committed the act, to somebody else who's completely removed from the situation" McMurran said. "There's a very strong video game industry in this state that we want to support. We don't want to bring undo attention to an area where there's actually jobs being created, where there's actually some good economic development in our state"
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