-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jochen Schulz wrote: > Dave Ewart: >> On Tuesday, 06.03.2007 at 10:48 -0600, John Hasler wrote: >> >>> It it my understanding (which may be obsolete or even simply >>> erroneous) that in Germany computer games are not to be made available >>> to children unless they have been approved and that the approval costs >>> money. > > This is true. I haven't heard of any enforcement actions yet, but you > may not distribute "computer games" (whatever the definition is!) to > minors unless it has been approved. I think this has already killed a > few magazines with CD-ROM add-ons. > >> Also, just as an example, certain games fall foul of Germany's (and >> other countries) anti-Nazi laws; e.g. Return to Castle Wolfenstein could >> not be distributed in Germany because of all the swastikas, apparently. > > Correct. And on the EU level they are even discussing to make a similar > law obligatory for all member states. > > J.
I was just lurking on this thread, but now I have to speak up. The EU is not a body (yet) that can enforce laws. Therefore, they cannot mandate laws. However, they do have the power of appeal, so a citizen of one of the member states who feels that his "rights" have been abridged may turn the the EU to correct the situation. I can assure you that France and The Netherlands who both rejected the EU constitution would not sit by and let the EU create laws like that, however politically correct they may seem. I do however see in the future a United States of Europe forming from the EU, complete with the federal powers that the United States of America now has. Whether this is good or bad is an exercise for the reader and not meant as flame-bait. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF7edYiXBCVWpc5J4RAtaSAJ97dJnq1UgSYYhlF5hq9zTAxV3EDQCcCQbz IZZ23KpwClcyuNAqaEV4zEg= =pxsr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
