New York Enacts a Statute That Requires a Label on a Video

question 5

Multiple Choice

New York enacts a statute that requires a label on a video game to warn parents when "the range of options available to a player include dismembering or sexually assaulting the image of a human being." On appeal from a challenge by gamemakers,the state asks a federal court to enforce the statute.Based on the decisions of other federal courts in cases involving similar statutes,the court in this case is most likely to

• A)refuse to extend restrictions on sex-based content to violence in video games.
• B)expand the label's warning to include other forms of violence.
• C)impose market-share liability on makers of violent video games.
• D)replace the voluntary rating system currently in use.

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Definitions:

Neuron's Cell

The basic working unit of the brain, a specialized cell designed to transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells.

Computational Device

An electronic machine or system, such as a computer, that performs automated calculations or processing of information.

Multi-input

Multi-input describes systems or devices capable of receiving and processing more than one type of input or signal simultaneously.

Output Wires

In neuroscience, this term is not specifically used; in general electronics, it refers to the conducting wires that carry signals out from a device or circuit.