Columbine games lawsuit thrown out of court
Games companies not to blame for shootings
In what must be welcomed as sensible news, the US court has thrown out a lawsuit that claimed that the responsibility for the tragic shootings at the Columbine High School in 1999 lay with game companies.
The claim, filed by the family of one of the teachers killed in the incident put it that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were influenced by id Software's Doom and Leonardo DiCaprio movie, The Basketball Diaries.
Judge Lewis Babcock said that the thirteen games companies named, including Activision, Eidos, Sega and Sony could not have foreseen any of their products would lead people into taking such actions. "Setting aside any personal distaste, it is manifest that there is social utility in expressive and imaginative forms of entertainment, even if they contain violence."
The lawyer of the family that filed the original case said they would most likely appeal.
The claim, filed by the family of one of the teachers killed in the incident put it that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were influenced by id Software's Doom and Leonardo DiCaprio movie, The Basketball Diaries.
Judge Lewis Babcock said that the thirteen games companies named, including Activision, Eidos, Sega and Sony could not have foreseen any of their products would lead people into taking such actions. "Setting aside any personal distaste, it is manifest that there is social utility in expressive and imaginative forms of entertainment, even if they contain violence."
The lawyer of the family that filed the original case said they would most likely appeal.
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