GTA, and M-rated game mass transit adverts allowed in Denver
Although some folks may have their objections, it seems that it has been decided that Grand Theft Auto ads can remain on mass transit in the Denver area.
Rocky Mountain News reports that the directors of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) has rejected a campaign led by the Parents Television Council and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood to ban advertising for games rated M and above.
It was reported that it was the Operations, Customer Service, and Marketing Committee of the RTD that recommended the ban. However, after meeting with an attorney, the board voted 12-3 in favor of the game advertising. John Tyler, a board member notes: “It was a tough decision because I think our hearts as a board were with trying to limit exposure to advertisements that promote violence. But the overwhelming weight of the legal advice was that if we pursued this, we would face an uphill battle in court.”
ESA representative Peggi O’Keefe spoke to the RTD board, and reportedly called the ban: “…both unnecessary and unconstitutional. This proposal …would restrict fully protected expression on the basis of content …Such restrictions are constitutionally impermissible.”
The folks from GamePolitics note that similar bans are already in place in Boston, Portland, and Oregon. It can be noted that a series of adverts for GTA: Vice City Stories that prompted a call for restrictions on advertising.
It seems that at the end of the day, the game may be violent as hell, but the advertisement isn’t. Do you see folks banning R rated movie ads?
Although some folks may have their objections, it seems that it has been decided that Grand Theft Auto ads can remain on mass transit in the Denver area.
Rocky Mountain News reports that the directors of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) has rejected a campaign led by the Parents Television Council and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood to ban advertising for games rated M and above.
It was reported that it was the Operations, Customer Service, and Marketing Committee of the RTD that recommended the ban. However, after meeting with an attorney, the board voted 12-3 in favor of the game advertising. John Tyler, a board member notes: “It was a tough decision because I think our hearts as a board were with trying to limit exposure to advertisements that promote violence. But the overwhelming weight of the legal advice was that if we pursued this, we would face an uphill battle in court.”
ESA representative Peggi O’Keefe spoke to the RTD board, and reportedly called the ban: “…both unnecessary and unconstitutional. This proposal …would restrict fully protected expression on the basis of content …Such restrictions are constitutionally impermissible.”
The folks from GamePolitics note that similar bans are already in place in Boston, Portland, and Oregon. It can be noted that a series of adverts for GTA: Vice City Stories that prompted a call for restrictions on advertising.
It seems that at the end of the day, the game may be violent as hell, but the advertisement isn’t. Do you see folks banning R rated movie ads?
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