
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. ...

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 ...

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.

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 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!

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!
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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!

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.

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

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. ...

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 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!

Entertainment Consumers Association Tell your friends about the ECA Fan Page and help us get to 10,000 fans! http://www.facebook.com/theeca

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 ...

Entertainment Consumers Association If you haven't yet, join Gamers for Digital Rights and learn about your rights.
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