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Source: gamepolitics.com
Venezuela’s parliament has approved a law that lumps in toy weapons with videogames and bans the import, production or sale of both groups of items within the country.The law was approved late last week and will go into effect within three months, reports Russian news agency Ria Novosti. ...
Christian
Christian
Does that make him any less notable? Also, I'm assuming you aren't British, because a good number of them knew of him.
November 5 at 5:55pm
Ian Scott
Ian Scott
I thought the star was a hat..
November 5 at 6:02pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association The ECA has signed onto a letter to President Obama seeking transparency about ACTA.

Source: gamepolitics.com
As the 6th round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations get underway in Seoul, Korea, a dispatch has been sent to President Obama expressing concern over the “lack of transparency ...
Jeffrey W Spencer
Jeffrey W Spencer
yikes, those leaked points are scary.. and the rest of the stuff might even be worse..
November 4 at 11:33am
Victor Brueggemann
Victor Brueggemann
I guess web browsers will be irrelevant in the future, if there's nothing to look at but propaganda and advertisement.
November 4 at 4:40pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association ECA President Hal Halpin looks at the impact of video games on culture.

Source: www.industrygamers.com
Many people don't self-identify as "gamers," but in reality they really are, says ECA founder Hal Halpin in his latest column.
Jason Townsend-Rogers
November 2 at 11:51am
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Entertainment Consumers Association Arstechnica looks at purchasing video games in a world of buying of licenses.

Source: arstechnica.com
Gamers who scored early copies of Borderlands found their discs worthless without the ability to authenticate the game online before the release date. Ars explains why the box is meaningless in the world of buying licenses.
Entertainment Consumers Association
Entertainment Consumers Association
Derek - Check out our Gamers for Digital Rights initiative and you can learn more about the subject, http://theeca.com/gamers_digital_rights
November 3 at 7:17am
Derek Lair
Derek Lair
Thanks!
November 3 at 5:03pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association Yes, that was the ECA logo you saw in Times Square. To promote their sale of ECA membership cards, Target advertised it for all of NYC to see!

Stephen Bouren
Stephen Bouren
Any ECA Membership benefits associated with Target? I'm still smarting after Amazon pulled its support and discount.
October 29 at 11:20am
Deannie
Deannie
Some kind of dealie with Target would be so cool. :)
October 29 at 11:31am
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Entertainment Consumers Association With
tickets to PAX East going on sale we’d like to announce the winner of the ECA:
Face of a Gamer Contest and 2 tickets to PAX East. The winner is Anna. Check out Anna’s winning video
submission and congrats!

Source: www.youtube.com
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
Barrett Van Tieghem
Barrett Van Tieghem
Why would anyone want to go to an event for that shitty defunct TV channel?
October 28 at 3:05pm
Dwayne Lowe
Dwayne Lowe
I wish i had known about this contest. i would've entered to try and win tickets.

Oh! well maybe I'll buy a ticket to go to PAX.
November 1 at 2:46pm
Elizabeth Allen
Elizabeth Allen
So we were told we had to write essays to enter, and she gets to put in a youtube video? lame.
November 4 at 9:36pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association J!NX is now offering ECA members 15% off of J!NX merchandise.

Source: theeca.com
Join The ECA's affiliate program. Earn 5% back on each person you get to sign up for an ECA membership. Click here to sign up. It’s free!
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Entertainment Consumers Association Christopher Snider writes about the various legislative issues affecting gamers and why they should get involved.

Source: talkingaboutgames.com
Talking About Games is your premier source for gaming news, reviews, previews, videos, and podcasting content.
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Entertainment Consumers Association Jon Stewart shares his views on Net Neutrality on last night's Daily Show.

Source: www.thedailyshow.com
John McCain fights net neutrality with the Internet Freedom Act of 2009. Airdate - 10/26/2009
Lucas Olstad
Lucas Olstad
Also, he's funny.
October 27 at 11:55am
Jonathon
Jonathon
Reality has a well known liberal bias.
October 27 at 1:10pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association ECA President Hal Halpin talks about gamers rights.

Source: sknr.net
HH: We have had many, but some of the less public (but no less important) werebeing invited to have a seat at the table. In several national coalitionsthe ECA is one of very few (or the only) consumer group present. ...
Dwayne Lowe
Dwayne Lowe
I'll be glad to help out if needed. As a Gamer myself i feel it should be an honor to be of assistance.
October 25 at 3:24pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association ECA President Hal Halpin looks at some of the acronyms that can be found in the world of video games.

Source: www.escapistmagazine.com
This week, The Escapist explores the harrowing world of videogame acronyms and the organizations they represent.
Entertainment Consumers Association

Entertainment Consumers Association The bad news: no new Amazon/ECA 10% off discount codes 'till Fri/Mon. The good news: they'll be the much-wished-for unique multi-use codes!

October 8 at 2:51pm
August Stirn
August Stirn
Any update on the status of the codes?
October 30 at 11:47am
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Entertainment Consumers Association Tell your friends about the ECA Fan Page and help us get to 10,000 fans! http://www.facebook.com/theeca

October 8 at 11:55am
Dean Mass
Dean Mass
Thanks, I just became an ECA member about a week ago!
October 8 at 12:44pm
Dwayne Lowe
Dwayne Lowe
I'm an ECA member. hoping to be at E3 next year with you guys. that and PAX.
October 8 at 2:50pm
Jacqui Zarka
Jacqui Zarka
I'm trying to set up a chapter on campus! Go ECA!
October 8 at 2:56pm
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Entertainment Consumers Association Following up from an earlier article about Game Addiction, GamePolitics brings ten fallacies.

Source: gamepolitics.com
At least partly in response to a story on game addiction that ran on GP last week, author Neils Clark has written a piece that looks at fluff addiction stories.Using his blog to examine the original article ...
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Entertainment Consumers Association If you haven't yet, join Gamers for Digital Rights and learn about your rights.

Source: www.facebook.com