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Nightmare
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 Posted: 13-Sep-2002 13:24 Post subject: RE: Glad I am not in Greece!!! |
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http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1040...d&subj=cnetnews
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A new Greek law banning the playing of electronic games was declared unconstitutional by a judge, and the charges against three people were dismissed.
The decision by a judge in Thessaloniki, Greece, could eventually result in the law being repealed, according to reports in the local press.
Before Tuesday's decision, computer game players and Internet cafe owners in Greece said they would fight the law. According to opponents, the law was conceived to address illicit gambling but was written so broadly that playing any electronic game could be considered illegal.
Indeed, the three people released Tuesday operated or worked at Internet cafes, and, according to a Greek news Web site, the police officers who searched the cafes testified that they did not observe any Internet gambling going on--just customers playing chess and other non-gambling games over the Internet.
A draft of the bill, which was brought before the Greek parliament at the end of May, stated clearly that all games supported by electrical, electromechanical and software means were banned from public places, according to Nikos Kakayanis, managing director of a string of Internet cafes called The Web. A board member of The Web, Christos Iordanidis, was among those facing charges Tuesday.
When the bill was discussed again in July, said Kakayanis, "a member of the opposition party expressed concern that it would only be a matter of time before the owners of illegal gambling machines moved whatever machines they were using for gambling (coin-ops, PCs, consoles) from their stores (to) private places." As a result, the law was modified to include every private place as well, said Kakayanis.
"Nobody from the members of the parliament realized or could foresee the effects that this would have for PC games, Internet games and game consoles, simply because they are not familiar with that side of technology," Kakayanis added. The bill became law July 30.
Each of the three people charged with violating the law faced up to three months imprisonment and a fine of about $5,000.
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Kell Hounds
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| Posted: 13-Sep-2002 15:10 Post subject: RE: Glad I am not in Greece!!! |
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On 2002-09-13 13:24, Nightmare wrote:
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"Nobody from the members of the parliament realized or could foresee the effects that this would have for PC games, Internet games and game consoles, simply because they are not familiar with that side of technology," Kakayanis added. The bill became law July 30.
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I think we seriously need to look at educational systems around the world. Being familiar with technology is a necessity I think.
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Gunslinger Patch
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| Posted: 15-Sep-2002 02:44 Post subject: RE: Glad I am not in Greece!!! |
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So nobody in the Greek govt realised what their shiny new law said and who it was branding as criminals because they were "unfamiliar" with computer technology?
You know, I just don't believe that. To believe that I would first have to see proof that none of these people have ever used or even seen a desktop computer and that none of them have any children or have ever spent any time in the same room with anyone else's children. Not to mention proof that none of them has ever watched any television news shows for at least the past two decades.
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Col. Dwight Chandra
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| Posted: 15-Sep-2002 23:59 Post subject: RE: Glad I am not in Greece!!! |
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Yeah, I'm with ya there, Patch.
They either didn't care, or didn't stop to think --oops. We ARE talking about politicians here, aren't we? 
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