Legal Niches

Industry Leaders on Schwarzenegger v. EMA

By pete_gallagher

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick admits to being 'worried' about the implications a Supreme Court ruling in favor of a California law at the center of Schwarzenegger v. EMA could have on the videogame industry as a whole.

Zelnick told CNBC he believes that 'everybody in our business should be really worried about it.'

Other game industry suits worried that the law passing could lead to publishers needing to release multiple copies of a single game in order to satisfy the requirements of individual states. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello said about such a situation becoming reality, 'It will screw us up in a real way,' while Disney Interactive's Graham Hopper added, 'It's going to make our retailing abilities a nightmare.'

Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, hopes that the SCOTUS ruling will put an end to the drama, stating,, 'I think the Supreme Court is looking at it to potentially see if there's something to it or to put an end to it once and for all.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on July 06, 2010 (boomark / email).