California Slapped with Legal Fees for Failed Supreme Court Case
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On one hand, ha ha you failed at censoring games now you to pay for being such big stupid stupid heads.
On the other hand, the ESA supported SOPA up until its well deserved death.
I'd say it's a wash, the ESA should not get payed. The people who signed the petitions, the people who went before the Supreme Court and argued for games, they should get payed.
In fact, it should be the ESA who pays them, and only after everyone who helped defend games in the eyes of the court has gotten payed by the ESA, should the people involved in the making and implementing of the bill trying to ban games compensate the ESA from their own pockets.
But that's only gonna happen in a fantasy world, so I'll just go back to saying the ESA shouldn't get payed. Especially not from the California tax payers.
On the other hand, the ESA supported SOPA up until its well deserved death.
I'd say it's a wash, the ESA should not get payed. The people who signed the petitions, the people who went before the Supreme Court and argued for games, they should get payed.
In fact, it should be the ESA who pays them, and only after everyone who helped defend games in the eyes of the court has gotten payed by the ESA, should the people involved in the making and implementing of the bill trying to ban games compensate the ESA from their own pockets.
But that's only gonna happen in a fantasy world, so I'll just go back to saying the ESA shouldn't get payed. Especially not from the California tax payers.
Except this is something they did long before any of the SOPA stuff was around.shameduser said:
I see what you did there.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Maybe not, though. It was manifestly clear from the outset that the bill was unconstitutional. Anyone involved with a thimblefull of sense should have known that the bill would not survive high court scrutiny. But Schwarzenegger and Yee persisted in trying to push it through regardless, despite the near-certainty it would be overturned, despite knowing that California can ill-afford wasteful spending and despite the obvious benefits a harmonious relationship with the tech industry (and consequences if that relationship should sour).
Hopefully, the millions of dollars wasted by these two "public servants" will get noticed by the taxpayers and they will be held accountable for thier poor decisions. Sadly, the voters of the Great State of California have - if nothing else - demonstrated over the years an extremely poor track record of removing scoundrels from public office.
I dunno, he's turned out to be quite the political Predator...DVS BSTrD said:
EDIT: Even though the Collateral Damage from that bill could have spelled the End of Days for the gaming industry, his support is still pretty strong...
The law suit was last year. The announcement that the money they demand to get repaid from the lawsuit going to support the youth of California is new and seeing as this article was posted yesterday I would believe that it was post SOPA which means they could quite likely be doing it to save face. Please tell me you read the article before commenting...Frostbite3789 said:
As awesome as that would be, I think it might be illegal or unconstitutional or something. Still, I can't help but be reminded of that episode of South Park where all the students start suing the school over trumped-up charges of "sexual harassment", and the school ends up going flat broke. If the ESA really wanted to prove that they're the good guys and make Yee look like an even bigger bastard by comparison, they would have respectfully turned down the money on the grounds that the state needed it more.Baresark said:
Gotta say, I'm not sure if this story is a good thing or not.
On the one hand, Leland Yee is a self-promoting wanker who has wasted taxpayer money on a personal crusade.
On the other hand, the ESA used gamer support to win that case and then promptly shafted us with SOPA.
On the one hand, Leland Yee is a self-promoting wanker who has wasted taxpayer money on a personal crusade.
On the other hand, the ESA used gamer support to win that case and then promptly shafted us with SOPA.
Then do your best to rally people to vote those dipshits out of office. I'm from Texas, so I have my hands full with our my own state's incompetents.Mortai Gravesend said:
