[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/GP/battlefield_heroes.jpg[/IMG]Earlier this month we mentioned the amicus brief [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/09/20/online-billing-solution-provider-files-brief-backing-game-industry]filed by online billing solution provider Vindicia[/URL], which backed the videogame industry in the looming Schwarzenegger vs. EMA Supreme Court showdown.

Vindicia CEO Gene Hoffman, Jr. has since [URL=http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/09/27/how-the-wrong-decision-in-schwarzenegger-v-ema-could-cripple-video-game-innovation/]penned an article for Xconomy[/URL] on the case and how a ruling for California could kill the freemium model (a la Electronic Arts' Battlefield Heroes or id Software's Quake Live) of distributing videogames to the masses: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/09/28/vindicia-ceo-ca-scotus-win-could-kill-freemium-market][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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