Violent Games Tax
According to a report at EuroGamer
a 'violent game tax' has surfaced in a town in Germany which equates to a 700% tax hike.
Germany has been known for quite a while to be pretty harsh on videogame laws.
So it's perhaps no surprise that the German town of Goettingen has taken the natural next step by imposing a 700% higher tax rate on violent shoot 'em up arcade games than it charges for non-violent ones, in an apparent effort to discourage local arcade owners from using the games. And last week a court in the city of Karlsruhe ruled that the Goettingen council was within its rights, saying that violent games were a "threat to the public good"
Anyone think we'll ever see laws like this spread outside of Germany? I dont suppose we really have a violent movie tax or anything?
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