Got Gameboy? Go to jail!

[brain]

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-956357.html?tag=fd_top

[Tommy Boomfiger]

thats insane! are they going to ban all copies of windows and mac os and any other os that has solitare on it? almost all cell phones ive seen in europe lately have games on it, are all those phones now illegal?

[NuTs62]

thats rather funny to me.. i guess our government isn't the only one that passes silly laws. :shrug:

[Jeffbx]

We don't understand the difference between a gambling machine and a video game, so let's just do away with all of them? Yeah, that makes sense.

If they have a hard time telling the difference between a prostitute and a law-abiding woman, do you think they'll outlaw women, too? :rolleyes:

[gear02]

Don't forget, this is Greece, a country that can't even agree to build any of the olympic facilities since their government sucks.

[attgig]

Gameboy - that word originates from greek.

game in greek is kinigi,
and boy in greek is paidi.

when you join the two together, it becomes gipai....or game boy.


:P

[Freelance Superhero]

Originally posted by Jeffbx
We don't understand the difference between a gambling machine and a video game, so let's just do away with all of them? Yeah, that makes sense. :stupid:
"The blanket ban was decided in February after the government admitted it was incapable of distinguishing innocuous video games from illegal gambling machines." what the hell?? that is the most idiotic thing i have ever heard...

[Hiro]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero
what the hell?? that is the most idiotic thing i have ever heard...
:stupid:

I don't think you can classify these people as "intelligent".

[attgig]

Originally posted by Corsec
I don't think you can classify these people as "intelligent".

spray some windex on them :P

[nhbilly]

OH $hit ATTGIG!


MUahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
oh man spray windex!!

Watch My Fat Greek Wedding if you guys don't know!
Take ur gf too of course!

[Speedfreak]

i still want to go there. i want to visit all of the speakeasy lan parites. :P

[Grimm]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero
...what the hell?? that is the most idiotic thing i have ever heard...
Oh... apparently you havent heard of the DMCA.

[Burzhui]

Originally posted by attgig


spray some windex on them :P


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[WhiskeyPapa]

Originally posted by Burzhui
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[Windsor]

Originally posted by kb0wwp

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DAAAAAAAAAAAAANG! I'm amazed that anyone would get that joke without explanation. Wow...

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by Windsor
DAAAAAAAAAAAAANG! I'm amazed that anyone would get that joke without explanation. Wow... it sounded like a joke from the movie "my big fat greek wedding". they spray windex on anything that they think is wrong, like a cut, a sore or a twisted ankle

[mcs328]

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=dev&aid=679

Greek court throws out gaming ban case

Rob Fahey 11:16 11/09/2002
Its official - this law is indeed an ass.


The crazy industry story of the week took a new twist yesterday, with a Greek court ruling that the country's new ban on electronic games is unconstitutional and throwing out a case brought against two net café owners who were charged with allowing their customers to play Counter-Strike and online chess.

The two proprietors, along with an employee, could have faced a three month jail sentence and fines of about 5,000 Euro each, along with the loss of their business licences. Instead the court has set a precedent for other cases, and set the country's legal system against its government - a battle which the courts are almost certain to win, given their ultimate right to interpret the constitution.

The ruling was welcomed by the Greek Internet Café Owners Union, with a spokesman saying that "all those who supported this from the beginning are vindicated", and by the 300-strong crowd which had gathered outside the court to protest against the law.


Source: BBC News
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Seems that the ban has been lifted. Hooray.