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Games industry guns down brain damage claims

...a statement released on Wednesday the European Leisure Software Publisher's Association (ELSPA) says that research carried out at the Tohoku University in Japan was... Read more

22 August, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Pirate software linked with organised crime

...organised crime and drug pushing by the European Leisure Software Publishers' Association (Elspa) following a series of raids by drug investigators in the UK. Eighty... Read more

23 November, 2000 by Will Knight

Police smash UK's biggest pirate software operation

...and investigators from the Crime Unit at European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), the police raided a commercial computer shop in the Stetchford area of... Read more

16 November, 1999 by Justin Pearse

Games industry rejects "violence" claims

...marketing. Siding with Carmageddon's developers, the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) insisted that marketing is appropriately placed in mens magazines, gaming magazines and... Read more

7 December, 1998 by Jane Wakefield

'Hooligans' game condemned

Cops and robbers is too tame for the youth of today, pub brawls between rival football fans could be the next big thing Read more

15 September, 2000 by Wendy McAuliffe

UK games software market to hit £1bn

Sales of UK gaming software looks set to hit a billion pounds this year. Read more

1 November, 1999 by Dave Wilby

ECTS: Let's hear it for the UK games industry!

...for the UK games industry is concerned, it is looking pretty good." ELSPA spokesman Steve Cheese told GameSpot: "About 18 months ago, everybody in the... Read more

8 September, 1998 by Eugene Lacey

Software fraudsters escape raid

...stalls that we were aware of and we had someone there from ELSPA [the Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association] who looked at some stalls, however... Read more

6 January, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

Seven arrested in car boot software swoop

...Operation Carter, involved representatives from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), Staffordshire Trading Standards, Police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). "These... Read more

19 October, 2005 by Andrew Donoghue

Date set for games age rating system

...UK that was introduced by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) in 1994. All of the major European countries have agreed to the... Read more

2 January, 2003 by Matt Loney

UK government minister joins pirate raids

...raids was a joint initiative between the Entertainment and Leisure Software Association (ELSPA) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). "Piracy is theft, plain and simple... Read more

4 December, 2002 by Justin Calvert

New age rating system for games in Europe

...UK that was introduced by the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) in 1994. All of the major European countries have agreed to the... Read more

25 October, 2002 by Justin Calvert

BBC claims computer piracy costs UK £3bn a year

...to Roger Bennett, director general of the European Leisure Software Publishing Association (Elspa), ten copies of a game are pirated for each one sold legitimately... Read more

10 April, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

UK gamemakers take a hit, despite record sales

...of gaming consoles. New figures from the European Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) showed sales of game software hit 39.5 million units last year... Read more

19 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Study links violent games and aggression

...Roger Bennett, Director General of the European Leisure Software Publisher's Association (ELSPA) agrees that more research needs to be done, but questioned Anderson and... Read more

26 April, 2000 by Richard Barry and Robert Lemos

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