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What to do when kids spend $1,000 on iTunes and other mucky legal issues

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Laws affecting video games are getting complicated in the digital age. What happens, for instance, if a child downloads $1,000 worth of games on the Apple iTunes App Store without an adult’s knowledge? Well, in this case, Apple had to give credits and refunds to fend off a class-action lawsuit from angry parents.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.