In light of the [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/04/26/breaking-scotus-will-review-schwarzenegger-v-ema-update-3]Supreme Court’s decision to review[/URL] Schwarzenegger v. the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA), the [URL=http://www.igda.org/]International Game Developer’s Association (IGDA)[/URL] has issued a statement asserting its opinion that videogames are a form of expression.

The IGDA called limiting the sale of games based on violence—which the California law in question attempts to do—“oppressive censorship,” claiming that videogames were singled out “based on popular myth and biased research.”

Continuing, the IGDA stated:

Limiting forms of expression in video games limits the expression of game creators, which violates their constitutional rights to free speech in the United States and abroad as specified by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from the United Nations. [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/05/03/igda-limiting-game-sales-based-content-%E2%80%9Coppressive-censorship%E2%80%9D][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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