Illinois Pays for Failed Games Regulation

IGN is reporting that the State of Illinois is being ordered to pay the Entertainment Software Association $510,528.64 in attorney's fees over their law to ban the sale of violent video games. The law was found unconstitutional in U.S. District Court in December 2005.

"Judge Kennelly's rulings send two irrefutable messages -- not only are efforts to ban the sale of violent video games clearly unconstitutional, they are a waste of taxpayer dollars," said Douglas Lowenstein, president of the ESA. "The sad fact is that the State of Illinois knew this law was unconstitutional from the beginning. Taxpayers have a right to know that over half a million of their dollars and countless government hours were thrown away in this fruitless effort."