23 Quotes by Douglas Lowenstein

This research suggests that proposals to regulate video games may backfire with American voters who, unlike some elected officials, appear to fully understand that they should control the entertainment that comes into their homes.

As the global computer and video game industry enters an important creative and technological transition, the early sell out of E3Expo affirms the critical importance of this event. As the first place to see the most anticipated next-generation hardware and software titles, and the best place to learn about the industry through its unrivaled conference program, E3Expo 2006 will offer attendees an unparalleled view of the business of games.

E3 exhibitors tell us that almost 80 percent of the products that will be displayed at this year's show are expected to be on store shelves in time for the 2001 holiday season. So, if you want to know what the more than 60 percent of Americans who play computer and video games will be asking for this holiday season, you need to be at E3, the world's most important forum for the launch of interactive entertainment products and technologies.

...the State has left little choice, and this petition is consistent with the rules of the federal courts regarding award of attorney's fees to prevailing parties.

AB1179 is punitive against retailers, will waste limited taxpayer dollars, and when it is struck down by the courts, as has been the fate of similar statutes, parents will be no better off for this effort to damage one of the state's fastest-growing and most exciting industries that is providing some of the most compelling entertainment in the world today,

It was clear to everyone that the proposal would be found unconstitutional and would waste taxpayers' dollars in a protracted legal fight that would leave parents no better off.

It's very clear that in Taiwan, for example, there's a significant organized crime element that has been involved in making a business of software piracy. Organized crime families raise the money and then make the investments for illegal CD replication facilities in China, in Paraguay.

Everyone involved with this misguided law has known from the start that it is an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment freedoms of those who create and sell video games.

it's illogical that video games be treated more harshly than R-rated movies or music CDs with parental warning labels, both of which can be legally viewed and sold to minors.