Re: [FYI] Griechenland: On-line chess banned from Internet cafes?

[Peter Kuhm <peter.kuhm@plus.at>]

At 03:33 31.08.02 +0200, Joerg-Olaf Schaefers cites:

>- --snip--
>On-line chess banned from Internet cafes?
>
>Three months after promising to instantly outlaw all electronic games
>from the public domain in the wake of a heated public debate on
>widespread illegal gambling, the government tabled a bill to that
>effect in Parliament yesterday.
>
>The draft law, presented by the Economy and Finance Ministry, bans any
>form of "electric, electro-mechanical and electronic" game devices,
>including computers, from hotels, coffee shops, club premises and
>public areas in general. This will not apply to Internet cafes, which,
>however, will not be allowed to offer their clients computer games.


glaubt man gamer sites wie http://www.gameland.gr/ oder
http://gamesweb.com/pc/news/detail.php?item_id=26870 und der
inoffiziellen Uebersetzung von http://users.forthnet.gr/the/geoanas/law.pdf
auf http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/pantazis/law.txt soll das nicht nur
"Internet-Spielhoellen" betreffen, sondern auch den privaten Gebrauch:

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[..]
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Article 2
Banning of use or installation of games
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1. It is prohibited the operation of games of type "b", " c" and "d" of
Article 1 (including in personal computers)placed in public places such as
hotels, cafeterias, organization halls and inside any other public or
PRIVATE place.
[..]
---snap ---

Bye,
Peter


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