Being Greek and having an "insider's view" of the whole situation, I have to inform you guys that this new law is being, to put it mildly, ignored by most. (And that's the normal thing to do, you can't expect the police to storm your house and arrest you for playing Minesweeper!):) People just carry on playing their games in their homes as if everything was ok.
Those who are really threatened are the owners of net-cafés, because their business could be shut down for no reason other than possessing a PC with Windows (and therefore, Solitaire or Minesweeper)! But they don't just sit around waiting. They plan to sue hundreds of people (state officials and state institutions mostly) who are commiting the very same "crime", i.e. possessing a PC with games. Presented with an avalanche of lawsuits, the state is bound to drop the law, or at the very least, correct it.
All that remains to be seen is whether this action will indeed knock some sense into the heads of those computer-illiterate bureaucrats that pass these laws.
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Nope, not true. The Greek equivalent of April 1st is, well, April 1st. :)
Being Greek and having an "insider's view" of the whole situation, I have to inform you guys that this new law is being, to put it mildly, ignored by most. (And that's the normal thing to do, you can't expect the police to storm your house and arrest you for playing Minesweeper!) :) People just carry on playing their games in their homes as if everything was ok.
Those who are really threatened are the owners of net-cafés, because their business could be shut down for no reason other than possessing a PC with Windows (and therefore, Solitaire or Minesweeper)! But they don't just sit around waiting. They plan to sue hundreds of people (state officials and state institutions mostly) who are commiting the very same "crime", i.e. possessing a PC with games. Presented with an avalanche of lawsuits, the state is bound to drop the law, or at the very least, correct it.
All that remains to be seen is whether this action will indeed knock some sense into the heads of those computer-illiterate bureaucrats that pass these laws.