X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,20c892b26035ae7d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-28 11:52:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!202.139.hh1.ip.foni.NET!not-for-mail From: Philip Newton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 135-143 Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 20:56:53 +0100 Organization: very little Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <5u0f2ush5155jm1vb1a8efavf58bm5eigd@4ax.com> <3c291e05.30230689@news.concentric.net> <3c29ab01$0$62873$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Reply-To: "Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton" NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.139.hh1.ip.foni.net (212.7.139.202) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1009569138 22032741 212.7.139.202 (16 [11583]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12949 On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:10:47 +0100, Marco Kirschke wrote: > Hi Benjo,.. > > Benjamin Weiland schrieb folgendes: > > >That is also the > >reason why games as `Castle Wolfenstein' or the american version of > >`Doom II' are _forbidden_ in Germany. > > Which only means, that you aren't allowed to sell and/or buy such games in > Germany. As I understand it, the point is (a) you're not allowed to advertise the games, and (b) you're not allowed to sell the game *to minors*. So if a game gets put on the "Index jugendgef�hrdender Schriften"(?), then you can sell it as long as you know that the buyer is an adult. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.