Breaking News! Not All Politicians Are Idiots!

I know you can't believe it, neither can I. This story starts for me several years ago at E3 when a representative (read lawyer) from one of the big defense contractors sauntered up to our booth and described how it was against the law for game companies to use planes produced by his client without their permission. The client it appears was especially worried that their brand might be connected with war planes that get shot down, obviously implying some sort of bad juju on the company that made the war planes by showing them in a negative light. Yeah, we were dumbfounded too.

Well it looks like the gentleman from New Jersey has decided to call bull on this and is proposing a bill that would prohibit defense contractors from requiring liscenses for the use of military likenesses. That kinda makes sense since, you know, like, our tax dollars paid for the RDP of the whole thing and junk!

Make your voice heard if you're a wargamer or you just like to stick it to the man. Even if, in this case, you're helping the man stick it to the other man. Ok, that's dirty.

GovTrack: H.R. 4806: Military Toy Replica Act