[Air-l] In Greece, use a Game Boy, go to jail

[Rune Dalgaard]

Can anyone verify the story about Greek legislation forbidding electronic
games - I have a hard time believing it and have only seen it quoted from
one source.

Thanks, 
Rune

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Rune Dalgaard, MA, Pre-doc Scholar
Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University

mail: runed at imv.au.dk
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun,  8 Sep 2002 00:38:48 -0400
> From: "ctimurkan" <ctimurkan at mail.mezun.com>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] In Greece, use a Game Boy, go to jail
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
> 
> An unfortunate incident from Greece, a member of European Union!
> 
> Cem

>In Greece, use a Game Boy, go to jail
>By Matt Loney and Rupert Goodwins
>Staff Writers, CNET News.com
>September 3, 2002, 11:18 AM PT
>
>
>In Greece, playing a shoot-'em-up video game could land you in jail.
>
>The Greek government has banned all electronic games across the
>country, including those that run on home computers, on Game Boy-style
>portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of tourists in
>Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for
>owning mobile phones or portable video games.
>
>Greek Law Number 3037, enacted at the end of July, explicitly forbids
>electronic games with "electronic mechanisms and software" from public
>and private places, and people have already been fined tens of
>thousands of dollars for playing or owning games
>
>http://news.com.com/2100-1040-956357.html