Little GolemMake your next move.Public forum discussion.
5 Sep 2002
In Greece, according to a month-old law, any use of electronics to play a game is now illegal. Even using a home PC to play on this server could incur a fine of from $5,000 to $75,000 or a jail senetence of at least a month. For details, see http://news.com.com/2100-1040-956357.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-hed.0 or many other web sites.
I hope some extra "vacation" can be given to Greek players here, in case they are obliged to obey this law.
5 Sep 2002
That's stupefying! Nigel Short, the chess grandmaster who once challenged Kasparov for the World Championship, lives in Greece and has been a frequent player on the Internet Chess Club. I wonder what he thinks of all this... Thanks for the info!
6 Sep 2002
For all of us in the UK. This report also appears on Teletex (Ch 4) page 481.
6 Sep 2002
How would the government know your playing electronic games.? --- IMO, Any government that thinks banning such devices will somehow help stop gambling (C4 explanation) has seriously "lost the plot". !
5 Apr 2012
bump