Yesterday, Matteo Bittanti, researcher at University of Berkeley and author of VideoLudica website (both [URL=http://www.videoludica.com/index.php?lang=it]in Italian[/URL] and [URL=http://www.videoludica.com/index.php?lang=en]in English[/URL]) ran a story about an initiative by Italian Vice-Prime Minister Francesco Rutelli, that would fix the rules of commercialization of films and video games once and for all. And finally, it's quite favorable to video games in the sense that the PEGI (European equivalent of the ESRB) is respected recognized as the right video game ratings system, and that government regulation is not desired. Compared to Franco Frattini's wishes to replace the PEGI by an "alternative" system (based on his own values) and to control game development before games get published, this is a great progress. The text of the bill [URL=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/fc?cmd=document&file=/art/SoleOnLine4/Norme%20e%20Tributi/2007/07/DDL-TUTELA-MINORI.doc?cmd=art]is available here[/URL], and you can [URL=http://www.videoludica.com/news.php?news=677]read Bittanti's article here[/URL]

Unfortunately, it's all in Italian, but a google translation can help you understand the essential. I hope that Matteo Bittanti will give an English translation soon.