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As announced by GamePolitics.org earlier today, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has filed suit against the Chicago Transit Authority over the Authority's decision to ban advertisements for M or AO rated games from all Authority properties and transportation vehicles.
Mike Gallagher, head of the ESA, had this to say:
The CTA’s ordinance constitutes a clear violation of the constitutional rights of the entertainment software industry. Courts across the United States, including those in the CTA’s own backyard, have ruled consistently that video games are entitled to the same First Amendment protections as other forms of entertainment. The CTA appears unwilling to recognize this established fact, and has shown a remarkable ignorance of the dynamism, creativity and expressive nature of computer and video games. The ESA will not sit idly by when the creative freedoms of our industry are threatened.
It is unclear whether other districts that have implemented the same measures as the CTA will also be in the ESA's legal crosshairs.