From hambrosia@earthlink.net Fri Sep 6 06:56:08 2002 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with SMTP id g86Du797079478 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 06:56:07 -0700 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Sep 06 06:56:07 2002 -0700 Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.06) with ESMTP id g86Du7bq010295 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 06:56:07 -0700 Received: from dialup-65.58.185.136.dial1.stamford1.level3.net ([65.58.185.136] helo=[63.208.85.144]) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17nJaf-0006ih-00 for classics@u.washington.edu; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 06:56:06 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: hambrosia@earthlink.net (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:59:51 -0400 To: classics@u.washington.edu From: Debra Hamel Subject: Re: TAN: Electronic Games Banned in Greece Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Isidoros wrote, among other things: >So, gov. finally moved, with a law that >aims at making illegal the parlor game machines, and any same. >The law may be too broad, in its e- wording, though not in its intend. But that's precisely the point. However good its intent, the law is over-broad. It prohibits the "operation and installation of any game of type (b), (c) and (d) of Article 1,* including computer games, placed in public places such as hotels, cafeterias, organization halls and in any other public or private place." (This is from a translation of the law at http://gameland.servegame.com/lawenglish.htm.) Note the "or private" there. In other words, it's illegal to play computer games on your home machine. * where (b), (c), and (d) are defined as follows: b. Electrical games are those, that depend on electrical mechanisms. c. Electromechanical games are those that depend on electrical mechanisms and the use of one's muscle force. d. Electronic games are those, that depend on both electrical-electronic mechanisms and software. -- Debra Hamel eponymous@dhamel.com phone: 203-281-7594 38 Garfield Avenue http://www.dhamel.com fax: 630-604-3986 North Haven, CT 06473 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .