- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- pcgaming@lemmy.ca
Official statement from Valve.
We shared with the NYAG that these types of boxes in our games are widely used, not just in video games but in the tangible world as well, where generations have grown up opening baseball card packs and blind boxes and bags, and then trading and selling the items they receive.
You’re right! We should stop that too!
Then it needs to be done through legislation, not targeted court cases.
The targeted court cases are to argue that the previously passed legislation already covers these particular facts.
If the legislature passes a law that says “making false statements to another in order to obtain something of value is fraud,” you can expect litigation about the actual contours of what is or isn’t fraud.
Same with legislation against driving at an unsafe speed, causing a nuisance to your neighbors, discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, etc. Court cases decide the edge cases.
If the legislature passes a law banning gambling outside of licensed institutions, and banning gambling for minors, you can expect litigation about what actually is or isn’t gambling.
This shouldn’t be an “edge case”, and it really shouldn’t be only about just minors. The legislation needs to be cut and dry, and most of it definitely isn’t clear enough.
Targeted court cases are how you get the ball rolling. You can’t just go after everyone all at once. You gotta start somewhere.
You literally can, that’s what legislating and voting is. This gets “the ball rolling” just about as much as going after Cambridge Analytica stopped targeted social network propaganda campaigns…