Hollywood took aim at California's attempted prohibition of the
sale of violent video games to children, filing an amicus brief
on behalf of the defendants, a collection of retailers.  The
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), in conjunction
with the Directors, Producers, Screen Writers, and Screen Actors
Guilds joined the National Association of Theatre Owners and
other groups in a filing that argued that parents could judge
which games to buy for their kids without additional regulation.
The case, "Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants
Association," is scheduled for oral arguments on November 2.
The motion-picture industry used the argument of the independent
rating system (PG-13, R, and other labels) to argue that a
method of self-policing works. Hollywood also made the case that
if other states were to follow California's lead and enact their
own restrictions, the resulting legal tangle would harm the
industry.  "The fundamental lesson of the movie rating system is
that a system of self-regu