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A few days ago I posted an open letter to New York Gov. David Patterson about a measure that recently passed through the New York legislature and was awaiting his signature. The bill proposes a new regulatory regime for video games that would include greater state-based oversight of video game labels and console controls as [...]

To: Hon. David Patterson, Governor, State of New York From: Adam Thierer, life-long gamer and Senior Fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation Date: July 17, 2008 Re: That video game bill (A. 11717/ S. 6401) you have been asked to sign Dear Gov. Patterson: I write today to ask a few questions about a [...]

Time Warner, Verizon, and Sprint will restrict access to tens of thousands of Newsgroups in order to stem illegal child pornography as part of an agreement with New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. Although ISPs have no obligation to provide newsgroup access, and there are plenty of alternative methods for users to browse Usenet [...]