{"id":2927,"date":"2002-09-03T11:15:40","date_gmt":"2002-09-03T16:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2002-09-03T11:15:40","modified_gmt":"2002-09-03T16:15:40","slug":"is_it_april_1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/03\/is_it_april_1st.html","title":{"rendered":"Is it April 1st over there?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greece has banned all video games<\/a>. That includes Solitaire on Windows, games on cell phones, DVDs that have games as PC-readable extras, etc. And, yes, folks are getting busted for it.<\/p>\n

The law was passed to prevent illegal gambling. According to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini<\/i>, “The police will be responsible for catching offenders, who will face fines of 5,000 to 75,000 euros and imprisonment of one to 12 months. The blanket ban was decided in February after the government admitted it was incapable of distinguishing innocuous video games from illegal gambling machines.” One online report said that even watching a film on DVD — many of which contain promotional games linked to the movie — had resulted in an arrest and a 10,000-euro fine.<\/p>\n

Yeah, because the police can’t tell if it’s legal or illegal, we’ll just make it all illegal. What, they’ve been taking notes from the RIAA?<\/p>\n

What a bunch of goofballs.<\/p>\n

(via Reenhead<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greece has banned all video games. 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