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Joystiq interviews ESA president about E3 2009
Filed under: Culture, Business Just a few minutes ago we got off the phone with ESA president and CEO Mike Gallagher. We had 10 minutes to ask our list of questions about today's announcement that E3...
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California seeks US Supreme Court review of 'violent game ban' [update]
The state of California is asking the United States Supreme Court to review a US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision from February regarding its 2005 "violent video game law," declaring it...
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E3 2009 'not a return to the old,' says ESA boss
GameDaily had a chat with ESA CEO Michael Gallagher as the industry gears up for E3 2009 in just two weeks' time. Much has been made of the show's return to grand form (i.e. not in a hanger) but...
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E3 2010 scheduled for June 15-17; 2009 had 41,000 attendees
The ESA just announced that E3 2010 is all set for June 15-17. The organization stated that this year's seemingly successful show had more than 41,000 attendees from 78 countries and 216 exhibitors....
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ESA's Michael Gallagher: 'Piracy is a scourge!'
Michael Gallagher's role as president of the Entertainment Software Association involves spewing a bunch of numbers and being one of the most vocal cheerleaders for the entire video gaming industry....
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E3 2009 postmortem with ESA CEO Mike Gallagher
ESA CEO Mike Gallagher's first "real" E3 was a success. We briefly spoke with him on the concourse from the South to West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center on the last day of the show, but...
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Chicago Transit Authority can't ban game ads, judge rules
The Entertainment Software Association today announced an early victory in its ongoing lawsuit with the Chicago Transit Authority over the banning of game-related ads in April 2008. The U.S. District...
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ESA applauds formation of Dept. of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property
With last week's announcement by the US Department of Justice of the formation of the Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property, the ESA this weekend released a statement celebrating...
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US Supreme Court to weigh California game law
[Laura Padgett] The US Supreme Court today announced that it will consider an appeal by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger regarding the sale of violent video games to minors in the state. This...
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ESA 'humble' about chances against California in Supreme Court case
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture [Laura Padgett] Entertainment Software Association President Michael Gallagher mentioned in a briefing yesterday that he has a "great amount of...
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New White House plan increases FBI anti-piracy force
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop CultureYesterday, the White House announced its new Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement. In the plan, Intellectual Property...
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ESA prez addresses upcoming Supreme Court case in Baltimore Sun op-ed
Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture In an editorial written by Entertainment Software Association president Michael Gallagher for The Baltimore Sun, the executive laid out for the...
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Victory lap: ESA responds to Supreme Court decision
After battling the state of California since 2005, the Entertainment Software Association met the Supreme Court's historic decision today to classify video games as protected speech with both great...
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Vice President Joe Biden to games industry: 'You have not been singled out'...
Vice President Joe Biden met with leaders and researchers in the video game industry on January 11 to discuss gun violence and the impact entertainment may have on consumers' real-world actions. Biden...
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ESA prez: NPD is providing 'disservice to the truth'
Michael Gallagher, president of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the trade body that assembles the annual E3 event, said this evening that sales tracking service NPD was doing a...
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