In the case of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 2011, as well as other cases, the State's authority to pass laws restricting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors was challenged by the software industry. What aspects of the 1st Amendment could be argued in the
software industry's favor?
In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 768 (2011), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a California law prohibiting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors violated the First Amendment.
